The new anti tobacco law in Romania -a partnership success

• Main Authors: Ioana Munteanu, Mihaltan Florin Dumitru, Gabriel Tatu Chitoi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: European Publishing 2017-05-01
• Series: Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
• Subjects: Anti-Smoking law
• Online Access: http://www.journalssystem.com/tpc/The-new-anti-tobacco-law-in-Romania-a-partnership-success,71204,0,2.html

The anti-tobacco law was finally changed after 11 year of heavy debate with the tobacco industry. It was a democratic process initiated by a deputy , created and implemented in 1,year supported by strong partnerships between the Romanian Pneumology Society, the Romanian Cardiology Society and many NGO of youth under the umbrella of the Coalition “Romania is Breathing». We are describing how we prepare our fight ,how we interact with the parliamentarians, authorities , mass media and what are the next steps for supporting the EU Directives.