Quitline in Latvia- once upon there was a...
Ljubova TihomirovaLatvian National Coalition on Tobacco and Alcohol Control
29/10/2010
In Latvia...
• Smoking prevalence in population- 37% (45,0% men, 15,6% women)
• The third most smoking country in Europe• Increasing smoking prevalence in youth
population (41,8% boys,35,2% girls)• Many reorganizations in state institutions in year
2009• State program ends this year• No HELP line
Help line... • Established in 2000 in Riga addiction prevention
center • The aim: tobacco, alcohol, drugs and gambling
addiction• Telephone number placed on cigarette packages• The only help line in Latvia where addiction
specialists, psychologists and psychiatrists worked
• Under supervision Riga municipality welfare department since 2007
• Help line closed since 2009
Latvian National Coalition on Tobacco and Alcohol Control
• Registered on March 31, 2009• Developed on basis of former Latvian Coalition
Against Smoking (2004) (the aim was to enforce FCTC ratification process)
• Network of 9 NGOs acting in tobacco and alcohol control in Latvia
• Member of ENSP, BTACC and NordAN• The aim: to support WHO and EU legislation
implementation in Latvian legislation • Projects, conferences
Qutline under the superivision of Latvian National Coalition on Tobacco and
Alcohol Control- is it possible?