It was chaired by Jan Monteverde Haakonsen, special advisor ofthe Research Council of Norway, member ofthe Norwegian National Commission for UNESCO, and Vice-President oftheBureauofthe Intergovernmental Council ofthe MOST Programme.
Jo Butcher, the National Children's Bureau's programme director of health and wellbeing, welcomed the ban and said a person's lifetime smoking or non-smoking behaviour was "heavily influenced" by decisions in their adolescence.