THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC IN Tserendulam Shagdarsuren Director of Healthy City IMPLEMENTING THE Strengthening Center of SMOKING BAN CONTENT

I. Background of Mongolia & Prevalence of tobacco smoking among Mongolians II. Prevention and Control policy of National Government of Mongolia

III. NGOs initiation & activity/ Brief intro of HCSC

IV. Future works/ suggestion OVERVIEW OF MONGOLIA, Mongolia: • 68.5% of Mongolians live in urban areas (2015) • traditional Mongolians are nomads, and live in “Ger”

Ulaanbaatar: • Population: 1.4million (2015) • Density: 276 per km2 • Ulaanbaatar is undergoing rapid modernization, and lifestyle is changing very quickly. LEADING FIVE CAUSE OF DEATH IN MONGOLIA (PER 10,000 POPULATION) Disease of the circulatory system Disease of the respiratory Disease ofsystem, the digestive 2.3, 4% Neoplasms/Cancer system, 5.3, 10% Disease of the circulatory system , 20.9, 40% Injury, poisoning , 11.3, Injury, poisoning 22% Disease of the digestive Neoplasms/Cancer, 12.6, 24% system Disease of the respiratory system

Resource: from Report of Department of National Health, 2016 PREVALENCE OF SMOKING POPULATION 90 80 70 60 50 40

Percentage Percentage 30 20 10 0 No Yes, not Yes, daily No Yes, not Yes, daily No Yes, not Yes, daily daily daily daily 2006 2009 2013 Urban Rural Resource: Results of STEPS survey of Mongolia, 2006, 2009, 2013 KEY LEGISLATION ON TOBACCO CONTROL POLICY OF MONGOLIA BASED ON THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES

Cost effective policies: taxes and prices increases; smoke free public places; smoking cessation; tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorships; package health warnings & efforts to control illicit trade

Tobacco control legislation in Mongolia: WHO FCTC – Mongolia /176 0f 194 WHO Member countries/; Law on the Tobacco Control of Mongolia, Orders of the Minister of Health of Mongolia, Standard/ Requirement of Cigarette and Pipe tobacco & Urbanization and Health HEALTHY CITY STRENGTHENING CENTER/ HCSC NGO OF MONGOLIA

Our network for Healthy Cities/Local governments - 9: Chingeltei district, Baganuur district, city, city, city, Chinggis city, city, Baruun-urt city, HCSC ROLE IN TOBACCO FREE CITY POLICY v To organize continuously capacity building activities among Healthy City coordinators through our network v Advocacy role for community / Health education competition among secondary school students v Highly strategically cooperate with Representative offices of International and donor agency & MOH of Mongolia v To make evaluation survey of public health priorities of Mongolian local governments v To promote health friendly setting

OUR ACTIVITY BY PHOTOS CAPACITY BUILDING AMONG MEMBER CITIES OPENED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN DARKHAN WE MADE THREE YEAR WORKING AGREEMENTS WE SUPPORT FOR HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS OUR SUGGESTION FOR SEATCA/SCAN o Work together to identify tobacco control priorities in the local governments of Mongolian Healthy City network oStrongly cooperate with SCAN, Mongolian some local governments can join in membership o To develop knowledge-sharing among WHO-WPRO countries’ local governments and Mongolian Healthy Cities for effective, evidence-based tobacco control measures (We would like to organize next SEATCA international or special workshop in Mongolia) THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!

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