The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, has held a meeting with representatives of different medical societies, scientists and organizations related to smoking, to which he has transmitted that the Ministry "will take a decisive step" throughout the legislature to fight against To tobacco
"There is a broad consensus with social entities to go one step further, with an additional set of measures that we will study on different fronts, such as prevention or taxation," he added.
Salvador Illa has explained that smoking will be one of the topics he will discuss in his next appearance at the Health Commission in Congress, in which he will detail the general lines of work in this legislature.
"The position of the Ministry is that new forms of smoking have to be regulated," said the minister. "There is scientific evidence that they are not healthy."
Salvador Illa recalled that Spain is the second longest country in the world, just behind Japan. "The challenge is that they are years with a good quality of life."
The minister wanted to hold this first meeting with associations related to smoking to transfer their recognition and appreciation for the work that these entities have been developing, from the prevention and protection of passive smokers, to the support of patients and family members when they have already developed a cancer In addition, he wanted to know firsthand his contributions to work together in the fight against this public health problem in the best possible way.
