Making tobacco a thing of the past: taking action: Implementation of the Ashgabat Declaration: towards a tobacco-free WHO European Region: final project report

Abstract

The “Implementation of the Ashgabat Declaration: towards a tobacco-free European Region” project, conceptualized by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and Turkmenistan, is the first step towards implementation of the Ashgabat Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Context of Health 2020. The project runs from April 2015 to December 2019, and this final report provides an overview of the accomplishments of the project both at regional level, to accelerate action towards implementation of the Ashgabat Declaration, and within Turkmenistan, towards supporting the country’s ambition of serving as a model country in tobacco control.