Imereti. NGO "Alliance for Tobacco Control in Georgia" held the informative meeting on January 16 in the Kutaisi Civic Engagement Center. Meeting participants have discussed the issues of enforcement of the Law on the Tobacco Control, what does secondhand smoking mean, how should the persons be protected from secondhand smoke, as well as the issues of enforcement of the law concerning the prohibition of smoking in public places and transport. "We have increasing statistics – use of tobacco among young girls in Georgia over last 7 years has increased by approximately 2.5 times. Approximately every fourth person dies of the tobacco-caused diseases. Today 40% of the Georgian population use tobacco. We worked for a long period of time in this respect, developed the legislative base, but have witnessed serious obstacles in terms of enforcing this law. In this case, the tobacco industry significantly prevents the enforcement of the law. State authorities are obligated to administer the ban on smoking the tobacco. We demand that not only the police but other organizations also control the rules of tobacco use. We also demand to fully ban tobacco advertising," - said the head of the organization "Alliance for Tobacco Control in Georgia" Giorgi Bakhturidze. The schoolchildren, students and NGO sector representatives have participated in the meeting that rolled out in an interactive regime.