Introduction to the International Anti-Smoking Association

Introduction:

1. On February 1, 1909, the International Opium Commission meeting was held at the Huizhong Hotel on the Bund (now the South Building of the Peace Hotel) in Shanghai, China. It was known in history as the "Smoking Ban in All Countries" meeting".

2. From 13 countries including China, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Siam (now Thailand), and Persia (now Iran) 41 representatives of the government gathered together to discuss the smoking ban plan.

Theme of the conference:

1. The theme of the conference is to discuss the global drug epidemic problem, coordinate various positions and discuss the adoption of common countermeasures. Most of the main contents of the conference resolutions were adopted by the subsequent Hague Anti-drug Convention and became the universal principles for international joint anti-drug control.

2. The convening of the International Anti-Smoking Conference means that mankind has officially declared war on drugs and opened the prelude to the international joint anti-drug campaign. The international anti-drug cooperation that it pioneered is still flourishing in all continents and countries.

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Influence:

1. The beginning of global anti-drug cooperation: The Shanghai International Anti-Smoking Conference in 1909 was the beginning of international joint anti-drug cooperation. During the late Qing Dynasty, all walks of life in China strongly called for drug control, and an important driving force was missionaries in China. With the active mediation of the United States, Chinese representatives decided to hold a universal anti-smoking conference in Shanghai.

2. The convening of the Universal Anti-Smoking Conference has extremely profound historical value and world significance. It promoted the development of the world's anti-drug movement and inspired the Chinese people's enthusiasm for anti-drugs. The 1909 World Anti-Smoking Conference was the world's first anti-drug conference, raising the banner of anti-drugs for the first time, representing mankind's official declaration of war on drugs.

3. Although the participating countries did not reach an effective agreement at the 1909 Shanghai Anti-Smoking Conference, the conference provided a blueprint for the anti-drug agreement proposed at the Hague Anti-Smoking Conference in 1912 and 1913. Promote human understanding of the drug problem.

Baidu Encyclopedia-World Anti-Smoking Association