Message on World No Tobacco Day
世界無煙日致辭
31 May 2015
2015年5月31日
On this World No Tobacco Day, I call for boosting the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to eradicate the illicit trade in cheaper tobacco products which tend to lure younger and poorer groups into addiction while depleting the ability of States to charge taxes that could support health services. By striking at the criminal gangs and tobacco companies that engage in this reprehensible trade, we will advance public health and sustainable development.
值此世界無煙日,我呼吁加強世界衛生組織《煙草控制框架公約》,以根除廉價煙草產品非法貿易,這些產品往往誘使年輕和較貧困群體成癮,同時消耗各國收取可支持保健服務的稅款的能力。我們通過打擊從事這種應受譴責的貿易的犯罪團伙和煙草公司,將促進公共健康和可持續發展。