Address to Prime Minister Ion Chicu related the risks of undermining the Government's efforts to implement commitments assumed by the Financing Agreement between the Republic of Moldova and the International Development Association regarding the implementation of the Project "Moldovan Health Sector Modernization", as a result of an exemption from applying health warnings on tobacco products sold in duty-free shops located in the entry area of the territory of the Republic of Moldova.
Qualitative Study on Primary School Children point-of-sale advertising and promotion of cigarettes focuses on determining the reaction of the children towards advertisement and promotion of tobacco products in points of sales. The main findings of the study showed that in points of sales, all the consumers, regardless of age or the fact that they are or are not smokers are exposed to the influence of the slogans and images that stimulate smoking.
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