• Tobacco control and prevention policies aimed at youth-oriented marketing and sales of tobacco products to youth can help to reduce youths' initiation and use of tobacco products and reverse the global tobacco epidemic. (cdc.gov)
  • Limiting access to cigarettes among youths is an effective strategy to curb the tobacco epidemic by preventing smoking initiation and reducing the number of new smokers ( 3 , 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Public health workers must also use all means available to them in order to achieve their objective of eradicating the tobacco epidemic. (who.int)
  • During this Consultation, more than 20 Member States expressed an urgent need to understand the scope and magnitude of litigation and public inquires as tools for tobacco control in order to determine the best ways to combine science and law in curbing the tobacco epidemic. (who.int)
  • In 2003, Vietnam signed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and ratified it in 2004. (bmj.com)
  • The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is a treaty adopted by the 56th World Health Assembly held in Geneva, Switzerland on 21 May 2003. (wikipedia.org)
  • ARCHIVED - Report on the Government of Canada Stakeholder Consultations on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [Heal. (who.int)
  • Health Organization (WHO) unanimously backed a resolution calling for the development of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). (who.int)
  • The FCTC, one of the most quickly ratified treaties in United Nations history, is a supranational agreement that seeks "to protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke" by enacting a set of universal standards stating the dangers of tobacco and limiting its use in all forms worldwide. (wikipedia.org)
  • FCTC standards are, however, minimum requirements, and signatories are encouraged to be even more stringent in regulating tobacco than the treaty requires them to be. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to Mamudu and Studlar, since the adoption of the FCTC in 2003, "shared sovereignty through multilevel governance has become the norm in the tobacco control policy area for EU members, including having one international organization negotiate within the context of another. (wikipedia.org)
  • The government should increase taxes on cigarettes to raise domestic cigarette prices and take strong policy measures to create a more transparent social environment, therefore effectively reducing the prevalence of illicit cigarettes in Vietnam. (bmj.com)
  • Global Youth Tobacco Survey data from 45 countries in 2013 and 2014 identified sex and cross-country differences in prevalence of cigarette smoking among students aged 13-15 years. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC used the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) data from 45 countries to examine the prevalence of current cigarette smoking, purchase of cigarettes from retail outlets, and type of cigarette purchases made among school students aged 13-15 years. (cdc.gov)
  • The prevalence of smoking among young people is at an all-time low and regular use of nicotine containing e-cigarettes among never-smokers is extremely rare. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Thus, while tobacco related-diseases differ from the communicable diseases that have traditionally been the concern of the WHO, the effects of globalization have made tobacco increasingly relevant for such intergovernmental authorities. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thousands of people die annually from tobacco-related diseases. (bvsalud.org)
  • 2 Vietnam is ranked among the world's top 15 consumers of tobacco, with more than 15 million smokers, and the Vietnamese people spent about VND 22 trillion (or US$985 million) a year on tobacco, which accounted for about 10% of total household expenditures. (bmj.com)
  • The country has one of the world's worst tobacco problems: Nearly two-thirds of Indonesian men and 24 percent of boys between 13 and 15 smoke. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • We expose the tobacco industry's deceitful practices and chronicle the work of advocates in the United States and around the globe who are battling the world's leading cause of preventable death. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • A positive if unintended result of the e-cigarette controversy is that highlighting the relative dangers of tobacco cigarettes and e-cigarettes further deglamorizes them both. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Thousands of international, scientific studies have proved the addictive power of nicotine, the essential element in tobacco products that gets people hooked and keeps them using a product that kills them. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • In the United States, deceptive statements about tobacco - including industry executives' 1994 congressional testimony that they did not believe nicotine is addictive - helped provide the political momentum needed to finally impose tobacco restrictions. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • In his report,* published earlier this week, Dr Vivek Murthy pointed to the evidence on the impact of nicotine on the developing brain, and its ability to trigger lifelong addiction, as well as the potentially harmful additives found in some e-cigarettes. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • We must protect our nation's young people from a lifetime of nicotine addiction and associated problems by immediately addressing e-cigarettes as an urgent public health problem. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • We have comprehensive regulations in place, including a ban on selling e-cigarettes to under-18s and tough restrictions on advertising, as well as minimum standards for safety, maximum nicotine levels and health warnings on packs," he said. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Addiction to nicotine in tobacco is the norm, not the exception, and smoking addiction is about compulsive behavior and suffering, not pleasure. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • In most countries, approximately half of youths reported access to cigarettes from a store, street vendor, or kiosk. (cdc.gov)
  • These findings could be used by countries to inform tobacco control strategies in the retail environment to reduce and prevent marketing and sales of tobacco products to youths ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Methodology and data This paper used the gap method to estimate the gap between cigarette domestically tax-paid sales and domestic consumption. (bmj.com)
  • Given that smoking is extremely harmful to public health, the government of Vietnam has made commitments and implemented measures to control tobacco production and consumption since 2000. (bmj.com)
  • Vietnam has an excise tax, namely, the Special Consumption Tax (SCT), on cigarettes for many years. (bmj.com)
  • The WHO has long been active in preventing the myriad health issues that result from tobacco consumption. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Eastern Mediterranean Region in particular faces a great challenge due to high rates of tobacco consumption. (who.int)
  • A comprehensive law to regulate the manufacturing, advertising distribution and consumption of tobacco products in Nigeria. (blogspot.com)
  • The idea for a multilateral treaty regarding tobacco control gained traction in 1994 at the Ninth World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Paris, France, when Roemer and Taylor presented their strategy for international legal action. (wikipedia.org)
  • The main objective of the Convention is to reduce the health consequences of tobacco use through collective international action and co-operation on tobacco control. (who.int)
  • The consequences of tobacco use are important to both Canadians and citizens in other countries, particularly those in the developing world. (who.int)
  • Cigarette smoking is the most common form of tobacco use in most countries, and the majority of adult smokers initiate smoking before age 18 years. (cdc.gov)
  • In the majority of countries assessed in the African and South-East Asia regions, approximately 40% of smokers aged 13-15 years reported purchasing individual cigarettes. (cdc.gov)
  • Approximately half of smokers in all but one country assessed in EUR reported purchasing cigarettes in packs. (cdc.gov)
  • Among current cigarettes smokers, cigarette purchasing from a retail outlet was defined for the majority of countries as a report of having purchased them from a store or shop, a street vendor, or a kiosk in response to the question: "The last time you smoked cigarettes during the past 30 days, how did you get them? (cdc.gov)
  • Past 30-day purchase of cigarettes in packs or as individual sticks was also assessed among current cigarette smokers. (cdc.gov)
  • It is simply not true that e-cigarettes are a tobacco product or that vaping lures children to smoking or that it creates dependence in non-smokers," he insisted. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • 3 Data from the Vietnam Tobacco Control Fund showed that the Vietnamese people consumed about 101 billion cigarettes in 2016. (bmj.com)
  • In April 2009, the SCT for tobacco increased to 65% of the wholesale price and increased again to 70% on 1 January 2016 and to 75% on 1 January 2019. (bmj.com)
  • 2 Irfan Rahman, who runs the lab at the university, goes on to state that use of tobacco and vaping products increases the receptors on cells in the lungs for an enzyme called ACE2. (rdhmag.com)
  • 3 Notably, use of these products can lead to a malfunction of the immune system within the lungs.3 While the World Health Organization has yet to confirm this, it is well known that inhaling tobacco and vaping substances into the lungs causes inflammation, which can increase one's susceptibility to disease. (rdhmag.com)
  • Reduce the affordibility of all tobacco products. (smokefreeclinic.com.au)
  • Eliminate all remaining advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products. (smokefreeclinic.com.au)
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tobacco companies must soon publish statements on their websites and cigarette package onserts that tell the American public the truth about their deadly and addictive products, under a court order issued May 1 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia . (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • But Professor Kevin Fenton, national director of health and wellbeing at Public Health England, said that while he understood the concern about the rapid uptake of e-cigarettes in the US, attempts to regulate these products in the US had been difficult, and the situation in the UK was very different. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • If only you can pass a bill banning production of cigarette and allied products Nigerians and the world will forever remember you. (blogspot.com)
  • Often during this period, children are exposed to substances such as cigarettes and alcohol for the first time. (domypaper.world)
  • Prohibited drugs, alcoholic beverages, solvent substances, and cigarettes are strictly prohibited in this area. (gov.ph)
  • In compliance with Resolution 48.11, the WHO employed Roemer and Taylor to draft a background paper on the various mechanisms available to the WHO in effectively controlling tobacco use worldwide. (wikipedia.org)
  • The campaign effectively promotes discipline among the Valenzuelano youth, as they are being discouraged from any form of vice, most especially illegal drugs," he shares. (gov.ph)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stopped tracking cases of e-cigarette or vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI) in February 2020, as cases had drastically dropped off from their peak in September 2019. (rdhmag.com)
  • The National Tobacco Strategy introduced measures such as plain packaging laws, graphic public health warnings, and restrictions on internet advertisements for tobacco, in order to achieve the overall goal of reducing tobacco use to 10% by 2018. (smokefreeclinic.com.au)
  • The companies must publish the statements on their websites by June 18, 2018, and on cigarette pack onserts by November 21, 2018. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • The tobacco companies must place the corrective statements on their websites beginning on June 18, 2018, and they will run indefinitely. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Under the auspices of tobacco activist and UCLA professor Ruth Roemer, the WHO urged individual countries throughout the 1980s and 1990s to adopt national laws that have been shown to reduce tobacco use. (wikipedia.org)
  • We blog news and information about the global movement to reduce tobacco use and its devastating toll. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Studies have shown that research-based programs, such as described in NIDA's Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention for Early Childhood: A Research-Based Guide and Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide for Parents, Educators, and Community Leaders , can significantly reduce early use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. (domypaper.world)
  • Tobacco use kills an estimated six million people a year, and costs $500 billion annually, the 2009 edition of The Tobacco Atlas has revealed. (blogspot.com)
  • Tobacco kills, don't be duped. (who.int)
  • Preventing the tobacco industry from interfering with public health policy and tobacco control policies. (smokefreeclinic.com.au)
  • Today's order is another important step in holding the tobacco companies accountable for decades of deception and wrongdoing and ensuring the public knows the facts about the deadly consequences of smoking and secondhand smoke. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • This order further implements the "corrective statements" the tobacco companies were first ordered to make in 2006, when U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler issued a landmark judgment that the companies had violated civil racketeering laws and lied to the American public for decades about the health effects of smoking and their marketing to kids. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • UK public health experts have moved to quash fears about the potential dangers of e-cigarettes in the wake of the US Surgeon General's report* setting out the urgent need to curb the rising popularity of vaping among young people in the US. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Professor Peter Hajek, Director of the Tobacco Dependence Research Unit at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), reiterated the findings of the Royal College of Physicians report, which identified vaping "as a great public health opportunity," rather than a threat. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • The World Health Organization's Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) has recognized the need for public health workers to diversify their tobacco control efforts into fields other than science. (who.int)
  • This monograph has been developed by TFI in order to provide both countries and individuals at national, regional and global levels with information, support and technical assistance on litigation and public inquiries as tools for tobacco control. (who.int)
  • Therefore, it is crucial that public health workers seize this opportunity to step beyond the realm of science and medical statistics and embrace other techniques and tools for tobacco control. (who.int)
  • VALENZUELA Anti-Drug Abuse Council's (VADAC) turn-over of warning posters to all public elementary and high schools in Valenzuela City, which promotes the local government's serious stance against illegal drug proliferation highlights the city's observance of Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (IDADAIT) celebration dubbed as "Kalusugan ay Kayamanan, Droga ay Iwasan. (gov.ph)
  • With this same level of cooperation, we may all realize our vision of a Republic where people live a healthy and happy life, free from alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. (who.int)
  • Prevention (COSAP) made up of community members Vision: Palau: People living a healthy representing various and happy life: free from alcohol, segments of Palau's tobacco and other drugs. (who.int)
  • There is ongoing litigation whether the tobacco companies must post corrective statements at retail point-of-sale displays. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Data were from the tax-paid sales by the Vietnam Steering Committee on Smoking and Health (VINACOSH), the Vietnam Tobacco Association, the General Tax Department, as well as two rounds of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in 2010 and 2015. (bmj.com)
  • The Government Resolution No. 12/2000/NQ-CP on 'National Tobacco Control Policy 2000-2010' has been implemented by a committee led by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and draws from most ministries and community organisations. (bmj.com)
  • The 100 participants at the Ottawa consultations included non- governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the areas of health and tobacco control, Aboriginal organizations, and those representing tobacco product manufacturers, associated labour union organizations, tobacco growers and tobacco product retailers. (who.int)
  • Australia's National Tobacco Strategy is the most comprehensive, wide-reaching community strategy that aims to improve the health of all Australians by reducing tobacco use. (smokefreeclinic.com.au)
  • That tobacco can be manipulated to improve health - and even cure cancer. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Tobacco: Al the Facts, Legislation, and How it Affects Your Health. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Over the years, evidence has proved that tobacco companies have undertaken, and are still undertaking, a great number of activities to impede health action. (who.int)
  • Health literacy was assessed with a validated 3-item measure (ability to understand written information, reliance on others to understand written information, confidence in completing written forms). (cdc.gov)
  • In fact, tobacco companies have fought for more than 11 years to weaken and delay the corrective statements, underscoring how little they have changed. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • It has also been proven beyond doubt that these companies have hidden many facts about the hazards of smoking, that they have fought against the imposition of tobacco control laws and that they have attempted to influence decision-makers everywhere in order to oppose tobacco control measures. (who.int)
  • These terrifying figures are the outcome of direct and indirect advertising campaigns that promote tobacco, and are a strong warning. (who.int)
  • Furthermore, the trend showed an increased negative volume over time, which indicated that increases in tobacco taxes in the interleading years did not result in an increase in illicit trade in tobaccos in Vietnam. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions Vietnam's low prices on domestic cigarettes created favourable conditions for cigarette smugglers and provided easy access to illicit cigarettes for the Vietnamese people, but the absence of a relationship between tax changes and smuggling suggested that potential increases in the excise tax should not be discouraged by the threat of an increase in illicit trade. (bmj.com)
  • Tobacco companies have been using all possible tools to market their deadly product in full knowledge of its harmful nature. (who.int)
  • Report prepared by D. Douglas Blanke, Director of the Tobacco Law Project, William Mitchell College of Law, for the Tobacco Free Initiative, WHO. (who.int)
  • Generic and disease-specific PROs were examined: ten PROMIS short forms, the eight SF-36 subscales, and three patient-reported SLE disease activity and damage measures. (cdc.gov)
  • Current cigarette smoking was defined as a report by a student that they had smoked cigarettes on at least 1 day in the past 30 days. (cdc.gov)
  • Smoking, vaping, and the connection to COVID-19 severity is yet another developing link, adding to the dangers that e-cigarette users face. (rdhmag.com)
  • That stress is a major factor in the illnesses that are often blamed on tobacco - but the antidote to the stress is smoking. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Our review of the evidence found e-cigarette use carries a fraction of the risk of smoking, a conclusion reiterated by the Royal College of Physicians earlier this year. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Ongoing vigilance is needed, but so far, e-cigarettes have acted as a gateway away from smoking, for adults and adolescents alike," he continued. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • While we need more research on e-cigarettes, pregnant women who find it difficult to stop smoking should not be discouraged from using them. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • It needs not be repeated, the nexus between cigarette smoking and hard drugs like cocaine, cannabis, heroine etc. (blogspot.com)
  • Nigeria can show example by outlawing all forms of cigarette making in Nigeria and also banning importation and smoking of same. (blogspot.com)
  • The Surgeon General's report might make clinicians more hesitant about discussing e-cigarettes with pregnant women who smoke. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • The tobacco companies must attach the corrective statements as "onserts" on cigarette packs for a total of 12 weeks over two years (two weeks at a time, three times a year, for two years). (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Diseases related to tobacco use kill more than four million people every year. (who.int)
  • Key results The results indicated that Vietnam had a negative volume of illicit trade, either a result of under-reporting of tobacco use or due to net smuggling of tax-paid cigarettes out of the country. (bmj.com)
  • A 2009 law that declares tobacco is an addictive substance has spawned a court challenge in which far-fetched claims most of us haven't heard in decades are being aired . (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Keep doing this until you have made a continuous chain of touching cells, forming a word of three letters or more. (claylane.uk)
  • A once and for all pragmatic solution will be to outlaw the production of the product in all forms. (blogspot.com)
  • Even the World Trade Organisation (W.T.O.) won't dare complain if we close our borders to cigarette. (blogspot.com)
  • Their efforts have further confirmed the menace which production of cigarettes constitutes to our healthy living. (blogspot.com)
  • Production of cigarette must be outlawed to save the life of millions in my friend's shoes. (blogspot.com)
  • Starting last November, the tobacco companies have also disseminated the corrective statement through advertisements in newspapers and during primetime on the major television networks. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Make no mistake: The tobacco companies are not making these statements voluntarily or because of a legal settlement. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • The tobacco companies must disseminate the corrective statements though newspaper and TV advertising, their websites and cigarette onserts. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Background This paper examined how a higher tax on tobacco would affect illicit trade in Vietnam. (bmj.com)
  • A grace period of not more than 12 months should be given to all producers of cigarettes to wind down while a comprehensive diversification scheme should be put in place to switch them over to other lines of business. (blogspot.com)
  • At the end of the consultation session, participants were asked to complete evaluation forms. (who.int)
  • Tobacco company defendants in the case include Altria, its Philip Morris USA subsidiary and R.J. Reynolds. (tobaccofreekids.org)