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Tob Control 2004;13:214-215
  • News analysis

Vietnam: health wins at South-East Asia games

  1. David Simpson
  1. d.simpson@iath.org

      Last year saw a double first for the South East Asian Games (SEA Games), a regional athletics event held every two years. Eleven countries participated in the prestigious event, the 22nd in the contest’s history, but it was the first time it had been hosted by Vietnam, and the first time it was designated tobacco-free.

      This meant much more than simply banning smoking in sports arenas; all related venues, indoor or outdoor, training areas, athletes’ living quarters and staff areas, were made smoke-free, and a comprehensive range of other measures aimed to ensure that any opportunity for promotion was left where it belongs—in the hands of …

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