Position paper on Tobacco
Youth organisations have an important role to play in health policy- as underlined by the decision made by the members of the European Youth Forum (YFJ) several years ago, to ensure that health is a work area for the Forum. One of the major issues of concern for young people in this regard is smoking, and tobacco use. Smoking is the single biggest preventable cause of death in Europe and is something that has to be addressed. If the proper public policies are put in place, and actions implemented, young people can be supported to resist the temptation of tobacco, and even if they do take up the habit, be supported to give it up as early as possible.
Read the position paper adopted at the General Assembly, Vilnius, Lithuania, 9-10 November 2006.
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