Publications on youth and tobacco

Key document

• World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2008
  Theme: Tobacco-Free Youth

2001

• Tobacco and the rights of the child
  This paper examines the major problems posed by tobacco as they relate to the provisions Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly in relation to civil rights and freedoms, basic health and welfare, and child labor.

1999

• International consultation on environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and child health
  pdf, 105kb
  The Consultation brought together experts from developed and developing countries to examine the effects of ETS on child health and to recommend interventions to reduce these harmful effects and eliminate children’s exposure.
  
  
• International consultation on tobacco and youth: what in the world works?
  The objective of this meeting was to highlight the growing use of tobacco by children and youth, and identify effective interventions in this area.