 St. Lucia's Ministry of Health has won a 2021 World No Tobacco Day Award in the Americas from the World Health Organization, WHO. The Ministry of Health is one of six winners of the award in the Americas, receiving recognition for achieving key advances in tobacco control efforts. Congratulations messages were issued by the Pan-American Health Organization, World Health Organization representative for Barbados, and the Eastern Caribbean countries during a virtual award ceremony held May 31, World No Tobacco Day. We congratulate the government and the people of St. Lucia as recipient of 2021 World No Tobacco Day Award from the World Health Organization for the meritorious achievement. The Ministry of Health was instrumental in adoption of the public health smoking control regulation, which established a smoke ban in enclosed public places, workplaces, and public transportation. This was preceded by the amendment of the Public Health Amendment Act, which was passed by the St. Lucia Parliament in June 2019. With the adoption of its quick tobacco regulations, St. Lucia became the eighth country in the Caribbean and the 22nd in the Americas to adopt regulation in keeping with Article 8 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which asserts that people should be protected against tobacco smoke in indoor public spaces, in workplaces, and workplace transportation. Minister for Health and Wellness, Senator Hon. Mary Isaac shared her convictions about the island's tobacco control legislation. When we passed this legislation, we got quite a bit of pushback from producers of charcoal. But then when I visit our hospitals and I see our COPD patients gasping for air trying to do what comes so easy to many of us, I know that the Ministry of Health had taken the right decision. The observance of World Node Tobacco Day 2021 marks a significant milestone for St. Lucia. We are the proud recipients of the WHO World Node Tobacco Day Award to recognize outstanding contributions to tobacco control. I take this opportunity to express sincere gratitude to PAHO and WHO for this most prestigious award. Thank you, WHO. Once team health without whose hard work this would not have been done, well done, team health. Hon. Isaac assured that the government of St. Lucia remains committed to the outreach programs and other activities associated with tobacco control in St. Lucia.