34.The Committee is further concerned about:
(e) The Committee is concerned about the high level of tobacco consumption among girls compared with the level among boys.
35. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(g) ratify and implement the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and reduce the high tobacco consumption among adolescents, in particular girls, and address the health consequences.
| Year | 2016 |
| Topic | Tobacco control |
| Document Type | Country Recommendations |
| Country | Argentina |
| Policy Area | FCTC ratification Tobacco use |
| Human Rights Comiteee | CEDAW |
| Human Rights | Right to health Recommendation of ratification of human rights international instruments |
| Groups Affected | Women and/or girls Children and adolescents |
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Argentina, CEDAW/C/ARG/CO/7, (2016). Par. 34 (e) & 35 (g). Available at: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CEDAW%2fC%2fARG%2fCO%2f7&Lang=en
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