United Nations - UN Adopts Resolution on Tobacco Use and Maternal and Child Health

On 23 July 2010, the United Nations Economic and Social Council unanimously adopted a resolution on tobacco use and maternal and child health. 

 

The resolution recognizes the harms of tobacco use on women and children and urges Member States to "include tobacco control in their efforts to improve public health, including maternal and child health, and reduce child mortality, through protecting children and pregnant women from tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke".