the second national environmental action programme neap underlines the impact of environmental degradation on health but no specific actions are given to better understand the health impact the main goal of the action plan and governmental programme is the promotion of health quality in the georgian population by reducing tobacco consumption and protecting the population from passive smoking the ncdcph develops national standards and guidelines promotes the improvement of public health participates in the development of public health policy carries out epidemiological surveillance the immunization programme laboratory diagnostic and surveillance activities responds to public health emergencies and produces health statistics