Field Reports Blog: Turkey Smoke-free Site Visit
Monday, October 12, 2009
"In Turkey, Sylviane Ratte of the Union and I
went to Izmir, Turkey's 3rd largest city of
about 3.5 million, to visit with the local
health directorate and find out about how
Smoke-free was being implemented locally, and
how tobacco control rated on the municipality's
list of priorities. We met with the
General Director, they set up a meeting with
the head of each inspection team, and we went
on a sample inspection visit to restaurants in
a waterfront mall.
It was fascinating to
see how the Turks are making smoke-free work,
and we were happy to learn that tobacco control
has been high on the General Director's
priorities for the last 5 years. The
inspection team was also really motivated to
hear that the world is watching Turkey's and
Izmir's success. Of course, being
Turkish, they were wonderful hosts, and also
brought us to eat delicious an Izmir specialty
- Fish Shish - in an outdoor café overlooking
Izmir's beautiful harbor. "
- Stephen
Hamill
Online Communications
Manager
World Lung Foundation
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