• New high-tech advances, from encrypted tax stamps to microchip technology, may be applied to fighting illicit tobacco trade. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • Policy makers can use the-library as a tool to find information on their country, or global evidence for best practice in tobacco taxation and combatting illicit trade. (bmj.com)
  • Big Four Global Accounting Firms , Tobacco Tactics, updated 27 April 2021, accessed 30 November 2023. (tobaccotactics.org)
  • Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Company employs about 46,000 people and was awarded Global Top Employer for the ninth consecutive year in 2023. (sttinfo.fi)
  • Confronting illicit drugs and their impact is dependent on pursuing a comprehensive response to the drug problem based on health, long-term security, development and institution-building," he said. (unodc.org)
  • One of these interests is fighting counterfeits - something that Aung has been particularly focused on for the past five years, since she took on the role of General Counsel, Anti-Illicit Trade, at BATMark Limited (she was formerly head of IP at the tobacco company, which owns some 90,000 trademarks and more than 2,000 patents). (managingip.com)
  • Major Canadian cannabis companies are increasingly mimicking some Big Tobacco tactics, in the name of anti-illicit trade and at the expense of public health. (utoronto.ca)
  • Among those participating in the forum were Julian Cheung, Anti-Illicit Trade Operations Director of Asia-Pacific region, and Ana Krasojevic, Sustainability Strategy and Reporting Director, both from JTI. (sttinfo.fi)
  • Source: European Commission, "VAT rates," https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/vat/eu-vat-rules-topic/vat-rates_en , and Richard Asquith, "2020 global VAT rate & legislation changes," Avalara, Jan. 1, 2020, https://www.avalara.com/vatlive/en/vat-news/2020-vat-rate-changes.html . (taxfoundation.org)
  • Between 2018 and 2020, only 15 African countries ran at least one mass media campaign about the harms of tobacco use. (atca-africa.org)
  • In 2020, nearly 3 of every 100 middle school students (2.8%) and about 8 of every 100 high school students (8.2%) reported current use of two or more tobacco products in the past 30 days. (medscape.com)
  • Disclaimer: The information and views set out on this website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, or the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC. (who.int)
  • Article 6 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) recommends the use of taxation and pricing policies on tobacco products to decrease tobacco use. (bmj.com)
  • Illicit trade in tobacco products undermines global tobacco prevention and control interventions, particularly with respect to tobacco tax policy. (worldbank.org)
  • BAT Nigeria has been developing and selling tobacco products in Nigeria since 1912 and today the company stands tall as the leading tobacco manufacturers in West Africa. (supplychaindigital.com)
  • The company operates across the whole of the country through a major factory which develops, manufactures and exports tobacco products - in Ibadan as the central operational base and with extended operations in Zaria. (supplychaindigital.com)
  • This is exemplified in the number of local suppliers that provide BAT with the necessary raw materials to create and manufacture industry leading tobacco products. (supplychaindigital.com)
  • The report and the investment case were released right after the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products . (globalissues.org)
  • The WHO FCTC Secretariat's Knowledge Hub on Tobacco Taxation and Illicit Trade, hosted by the Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products (REEP) at the University of Cape Town , recently launched an e-library on tobacco taxation and illicit trade in tobacco products. (bmj.com)
  • The purpose of the e-library is to consolidate and classify all available literature on tobacco taxation and the illicit trade in tobacco products. (bmj.com)
  • The main focus of the Tobacconomics database is on the design and implementation of taxes, the impact of taxes on demand for tobacco products, the impacts of tobacco control on lower-income households, government tax revenues, illicit trade, and other factors. (bmj.com)
  • Giving a margin of 10% illicit tobacco products, 80 billion cigarettes manufactured in the country need 4 billion packs (20 cigarettes each) to carry. (com.pk)
  • Fake and illicit products represent a significant health risk to unsuspecting members of the public. (interpol.int)
  • Trafficking in illicit goods and counterfeiting is not just about the profits being made by organized crime networks, it is also about the very real dangers that these products pose to public health and safety," said Michael Ellis, head of INTERPOL's Trafficking in Illicit Goods and Counterfeiting unit. (interpol.int)
  • These and other fake and illicit products represent a significant risk to unsuspecting members of the public who have no idea that what they are buying has not been legally produced or with any safety controls," added Mr Ellis. (interpol.int)
  • Illicit trade in tobacco products poses a pervasive and ever-changing global problem. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • The CFTC's Article 15 calls on ratifying countries to adopt ways to ensure that every unit, packet and package of tobacco products is marked to help countries determine a product's origin and to consider establishing a "tracking and tracing" system. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • A tracking system allows authorities to monitor movement of tobacco products. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • Taxes and retail price for other tobacco products. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • Meanwhile, Patrick Wong, Executive Director of HKUAIT, expressed concerns over a recent legislative proposal by the government to enlarge the size of health warnings on tobacco products from 50% to 85%, arguing that such a move would further reduce available space for tobacco manufacturers to print security and authentication features, resulting in a less secure supply chain which could facilitate illicit trade. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Learn about crime related to firearms, drugs and other illicit products, and the programs in place to combat them. (gc.ca)
  • The FCTC protocol refers to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, which is an international treaty adopted under the auspices of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). (delarue.com)
  • Countries can adapt and implement FCTC provisions according to their national circumstances and priorities to effectively address illicit trade in tobacco products. (delarue.com)
  • A survey that De La Rue conducted with Reconnaissance in 2022 received responses from 10 tax authorities who had signed up to the FCTC protocol to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products and 70% said it was in the top five of their priorities for the year ahead. (delarue.com)
  • The situation of smuggled tobacco products coming from outside the EU would be impossible if all countries significant in this respect joined the Protocol. (delarue.com)
  • In one country supported by De La Rue, the illicit trade in tobacco products dropped from 68% to an estimated 5%, while tax revenues from products rose to 15 times its previous level - becoming the second highest source of national income, after fuel. (delarue.com)
  • Undermines efforts to reduce smoking prevalence and prevent youth initiation by providing a cheap and unregulated supply of tobacco products. (pmi.com)
  • To succeed in our mission of delivering a smoke-free future, we must ensure that there are no criminals sustaining a black market for cigarettes and other tobacco products. (pmi.com)
  • PMI's Anti-Diversion Governance Committee-among whose members are senior executives from Finance (central and regions), Risk & Controls, Law, Ethics & Compliance, Commercial and External Affairs, including Illicit Trade Prevention (ITP)-has corporate oversight on diversion risk-prevention for our products. (pmi.com)
  • That's why we are strong supporters of the objectives and principles of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. (pmi.com)
  • Dr. Ulysses Dorotheo from SEATCA shared the global experience on litigation against the tobacco industry for involvement in smuggling of tobacco products. (seatca.org)
  • Louisville, Kentucky-based Turning Point Brands, Inc. (NYSE: TPB) is a leading U.S. provider of Other Tobacco Products. (businesswire.com)
  • The tobacco industry has often been directly involved or complicit in smuggling their own products, while playing a central but dubious role in shaping research, policy making, and law enforcement practices on the topic. (utoronto.ca)
  • During the opening plenary, Parties to the treaty did not approve the official observer status of Interpol, the international law enforcement agency, due to widespread concern over the agency's acceptance of a recent 15-million-euro contribution from Philip Morris International to support the agency's efforts against the illicit trade of tobacco products. (commondreams.org)
  • On Tuesday, September 13th, the city of Chula Vista unanimously voted 4-0 to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products. (neighborhoodmarket.org)
  • Business owners asked the city council to consider the economic impacts the ban would have on their businesses and noted they only sell flavored tobacco products legally to individuals who are of age to purchase or use the products. (neighborhoodmarket.org)
  • After listening to public comments from both sides, city councilmembers unanimously voted to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products in the city of Chula Vista. (neighborhoodmarket.org)
  • Banning the sale of flavored tobacco products would not only have an economic effect on small businesses but would also strip away the freedom from individuals who wish to lawfully buy and sell flavored tobacco products. (neighborhoodmarket.org)
  • This ban would halt the sale of hundreds of products, simply pushing customers to neighboring cities or illicit markets to purchase their preferred products. (neighborhoodmarket.org)
  • JTI is a leading international tobacco and vaping company selling its products in more than 130 countries. (sttinfo.fi)
  • He conducts research and trains policymakers and health advocates primarily in issues around tobacco taxation and illicit trade in tobacco products. (world-heart-federation.org)
  • Authentix collaborates with government agencies worldwide to identify products avoiding taxation and the primary source of the illicit activity. (authentix.com)
  • and 4) illicit trade in tobacco products. (ersjournals.com)
  • The ban of tobacco products from public use is not new: Pope Urban VII, in 1590, threatened to excommunicate anyone who "took tobacco in the porchway of or inside a church, whether it be by chewing it, smoking with a pipe or sniffing it in powdered form through the nose" [ 2 ]. (ersjournals.com)
  • Increasing the age from 18 to 21 was one of the recommendations made to the Health Ministry to the strengthen the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act. (thenewsminute.com)
  • The Union Health Ministry is mulling to increase the legal age for tobacco consumption from 18 to 21 years as part of its efforts to strengthen the provisions of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA). (thenewsminute.com)
  • The committee, besides increasing the legal age of tobacco consumption, has also recommended increasing the fine amount for violation of rules and introducing a provision of tracking and tracking mechanism to check illicit trade of cigarette and tobacco products, an official said. (thenewsminute.com)
  • The sub-group has also recommended introducing provisions of tracking and tracking mechanism to check illicit trade of cigarette and tobacco products. (thenewsminute.com)
  • Under this system, at the manufacturing point, a bar code would be put on tobacco products to help enforcement agencies determine whether it is legal for which proper taxes have been paid,' the official said. (thenewsminute.com)
  • COTPA prohibits smoking in public places, sale of cigarettes or other tobacco products within a hundred yards of educational institutions and sale of any tobacco product to those below 18. (thenewsminute.com)
  • The Health Ministry had proposed a number of amendments to the 2003 legislation and put the draft Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Bill in the public domain in 2015. (thenewsminute.com)
  • The earlier draft proposed increasing the fine amount to Rs 1,000, doing away with on-site advertising of tobacco products and removing designated smoking areas from hotels, restaurants and airports. (thenewsminute.com)
  • Hence, the tobacco industry's survival depends on getting young people addicted to tobacco products. (atca-africa.org)
  • Traditional advertising and promotion of tobacco products has been banned in most African countries. (atca-africa.org)
  • But the tobacco industry has developed novel ways of keeping its products in the public eye. (atca-africa.org)
  • In 2017, about 8 million deaths worldwide were attributable to tobacco, mostly from smoked tobacco (2). (cdc.gov)
  • The core of the e-library are the reference lists of the IARC Handbook 14 Effectiveness of Price and Tax Policies for Tobacco Control (2011) and Chapters 4, 5 and 14 of NCI Monograph No. 21 The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control (2017). (bmj.com)
  • Meanwhile, the market value of tobacco companies - which had declined by roughly half since around 2017 - started to rebound, likely due to confidence that vaping would not be a serious long-term competitor with the more lucrative combustible cigarette. (nationalaffairs.com)
  • For example, from 1994 - 1998 KPMG generated revenues of approximately $47million from consulting and information technology engagements with one tobacco company, Philip Morris (PM). 2 In 2019 British American Tobacco (BAT) paid KPMG over £24million as its external auditors. (tobaccotactics.org)
  • In December, the Minister confirmed to Parliament that the Government will publish a new tobacco control plan this year, setting out measures to deliver the smoke-free 2030 ambition in the 2019 prevention Green Paper. (parliament.uk)
  • Average global smoking rates have fallen over the past 12 years with the proportion of people aged 15 or older who smoke declining from 22.6% in 2007 to 19.6% in 2019. (atca-africa.org)
  • The latest Tobacco Atlas shows that, globally, 1.13 billion people were current smokers in 2019. (atca-africa.org)
  • In Zimbabwe, for example, China Tobacco set up the China Tobacco Ma Bo Hope Primary School in 2019. (atca-africa.org)
  • In the lead up to the Seoul negotiations, the World Health Organization, which administers the treaty, deemed the tobacco industry's interference in these negotiations and the implementation of the treaty as the single greatest threat to its success. (commondreams.org)
  • The sixth edition of the Tobacco Atlas , published by the American Cancer Society, was launched last week at the 2018 World Conference on Tobacco or Health in South Africa, on a continent that is a principal target of the tobacco industry's vigorous efforts to recruit new users. (world-heart-federation.org)
  • We believe that it will be a valuable contribution to research on tobacco taxation and illicit trade. (bmj.com)
  • The Knowledge Hub's e-library is focused on studies on tobacco taxation and illicit tobacco. (bmj.com)
  • Illicit trade also can sabotage high tobacco taxation policy, which studies show is one of the most effective ways to curb tobacco use. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • Research shows that tobacco taxation is effective in reducing smoking, especially among young people. (atca-africa.org)
  • The policy debates on tobacco taxation implied election years as a major challenge for health tax passages. (bvsalud.org)
  • 20, 2012-- Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE:PM) (Paris:PM) today announced the results of a comprehensive analysis undertaken to assess the illicit trade in contraband and counterfeit cigarettes in the European Union (EU). (pmi.com)
  • Did the tobacco industry inflate estimates of illicit cigarette consumption in Asia? (bmj.com)
  • Objective Estimates of illicit cigarette consumption are limited and the data obtained from studies funded by the tobacco industry have a tendency to inflate them. (bmj.com)
  • Methods Illicit cigarette consumption was estimated as the difference between total cigarette consumption and the sum of legal domestic sales and legal personal imports (duty-free consumption). (bmj.com)
  • Results Illicit cigarette consumption was estimated to be about 8.2-15.4% of the total cigarette consumption in Hong Kong in 2012 with a midpoint estimate of 11.9%, as compared with the industry-funded estimate of 35.9% of cigarette consumption. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions The industry-funded estimate inflates the likely levels of illicit cigarette consumption. (bmj.com)
  • 1 Increasing tax that results in an increase in cigarette prices is considered to be an effective policy to reduce tobacco consumption, induce smokers to quit and, in particular, reduce the initiation of smoking among young people 2 without reducing the revenue of the government. (bmj.com)
  • Data on illicit cigarette consumption are limited and not available in many countries. (bmj.com)
  • 5 The available data, often provided by industry-funded studies, have an incentive to inflate the extent of illicit cigarette consumption to oppose tobacco tax increases. (bmj.com)
  • If optimal control measures are not implemented, these deaths are projected to reach 10 million by 2030, mostly in low- and middle-income countries (3) where the high burden of tobacco use is due to an ongoing transition from tobacco production to tobacco consumption (4). (cdc.gov)
  • The study, conducted by KPMG LLP (KPMG), estimates that the annual consumption of illicit cigarettes in the EU in 2011 was 65.3 billion cigarettes. (pmi.com)
  • Illicit cigarette consumption increased by 1.1 billion in 2011 versus 2010 to a total of 65.3 billion cigarettes, which equates to 10.4% of all cigarette consumption in the EU. (pmi.com)
  • Illicit cigarette consumption in the EU in 2011 was larger than the total legal cigarette markets of France and Portugal combined. (pmi.com)
  • Illicit cigarette consumption increased in Mediterranean countries, including Spain , Italy , Greece , Portugal , Cyprus and Malta and amounted to 12.6 billion cigarettes in 2011. (pmi.com)
  • But regulation and education have slashed tobacco consumption. (theage.com.au)
  • The Financial Kuznets Curve of Energy Consumption: Global Evidence. (cuny.edu)
  • Despite positive changes in tobacco control since the first edition of the Tobacco Atlas was published in 2000, with the adoption of the FCTC and overall global tobacco consumption starting to decrease, changes are uneven across the globe. (world-heart-federation.org)
  • to help smokers quit or reduce their tobacco consumption. (atca-africa.org)
  • Africa has become attractive to multinational tobacco companies because of economic and personal income growth (5), an unsaturated market, weak tobacco-control policies, reduced awareness of the dangers of tobacco use, prioritization of control of infectious disease over noncommunicable diseases, and a young, growing population (4,6,7). (cdc.gov)
  • For British American Tobacco (BAT) Nigeria, establishing a strong working relationship with state government has been key in the company's success, both locally and across West Africa. (supplychaindigital.com)
  • LYON, France - Organized crime networks involved in industrial-scale illicit trade and counterfeiting have been smashed and more than 6,000 people arrested following a series of INTERPOL-led operations across the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe. (interpol.int)
  • Some 24 million fake goods worth nearly USD 133 million were seized during the operations codenamed Black Poseidon II (Europe), Etosha (Africa), Hurricane (Asia) and Pacific (Americas), coordinated by INTERPOL's Trafficking in Illicit Goods and Counterfeiting unit throughout May and June. (interpol.int)
  • Case studies in illicit tobacco trade: South Africa. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • But number of smokers in Africa is projected to increase - the region has been flagged as the future epicentre of the tobacco epidemic because of rapid population growth , and intensive marketing efforts by the tobacco industry. (atca-africa.org)
  • Compared to their illicit counterparts (including cannabis and hard drugs like methamphetamine and cocaine), alcohol and tobacco cost the most life years and caused the highest mortality rates, according to a new report from the Society for the Study of Addiction. (hightimes.com)
  • And according to the report's findings, illicit drugs come nowhere close to the harm alcohol and tobacco cause . (hightimes.com)
  • Comparably, illicit drugs cost 27.8 million. (hightimes.com)
  • The SSA's report also paints a picture of the global distribution of the harm caused by alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs. (hightimes.com)
  • Still, the report found that Eastern Europe had the both the highest mortality rates and DALYs for alcohol and illicit drugs. (hightimes.com)
  • While the SSA's new report may show an upward trend of years and lives lost to alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs, it shows that nothing has changed in terms of which substances are the most harmful, or where people use them most. (hightimes.com)
  • Compared with illicit drugs, "smoking and alcohol are always well ahead," said Professor West. (hightimes.com)
  • Additionally, 168 (61.1%) students reported consuming illicit drugs. (medscape.com)
  • Moreover, 123 (44.7%) students reported using illicit drugs in the past year. (medscape.com)
  • The illicit trade in legal drugs is often seen as a law enforcement issue. (utoronto.ca)
  • Just as illicit drugs are everyone's shared responsibility, there is a need for each country to work closely together and to jointly agree on the way forward for dealing with this global challenge. (unodc.org)
  • It has long been evident the global 'war on drugs' sparked by then US president Richard Nixon about half a century ago is one of the most tragic and abject failures in the history of public policy. (theage.com.au)
  • And so we welcome the courage and leadership of Greens leader Richard Di Natale, a former drugs and alcohol doctor, who in recent days convinced his party to abandon its blanket opposition to the legalisation of illicit drugs. (theage.com.au)
  • Portugal, which Senator Di Natale recently visited on a study tour, is seen as the global leader on drugs policy, having decriminalised drugs 15 years ago. (theage.com.au)
  • The Greens' policy change came only days after a call by world leaders for the decriminalisation of illicit drugs. (theage.com.au)
  • The line between licit and illicit drugs is arbitrary. (theage.com.au)
  • The injecting of illicit drugs is associated with skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) and vascular disease ( 1 - 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • She does not use alcohol, tobacco, or illicit drugs. (medscape.com)
  • The report urges Member States to accelerate implementation of the measures outlined in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control ( WHO FCTC ). (globalissues.org)
  • This policy brief from STOP outlines why implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic. (who.int)
  • The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), an international treaty that went into effect in 2005, recognizes the importance of eliminating this illicit trade. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • In 2007, parties to the FCTC agreed to begin negotiating a supplementary treaty, or protocol, for combating illicit trade. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • To date WHO has classified global progress against illicit trade as "intermediate" (i.e. some progress but slower and often partial) and is increasing pressure on countries to fulfil their ratification commitments to the FCTC Protocol. (delarue.com)
  • Knowledge exchange with other countries, and actively participating in regional and international forums, conferences, and workshops related to tobacco control and the FCTC can aid in learning from their experiences and best practices. (delarue.com)
  • By following these steps, organisations can effectively prepare for the implementation of the FCTC protocol, ensuring a smooth transition and a more successful and impactful tobacco control strategy. (delarue.com)
  • In 2016 he was involved in the Emerging Leaders FACTC project , which aims to help policymakers establish sustainable mechanisms to fund and accelerate the comprehensive implementation of the W HO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) . (world-heart-federation.org)
  • In 1999 Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, making global tobacco control a priority of WHO, started work towards building an international treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) [ 1 ]. (ersjournals.com)
  • The aim is to make COTPA more effective and more inclined to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) guidelines,' the official said. (thenewsminute.com)
  • Nigeria needs a comprehensive national adolescent tobacco control strategy centered around an antitobacco campaign and enforcement of bans on tobacco advertising and public smoking that is guided by continuous surveillance and monitoring. (cdc.gov)
  • It is clear that tobacco control is effective, and we have a moral obligation to our people to move aggressively in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) link", he said. (globalissues.org)
  • This statement by the Head of the Convention Secretariat emphasizes the need for increased global coordination to intensify tobacco control efforts, especially against the tobacco industry, in the time of COVID-19. (who.int)
  • It also provides information about both national level tobacco control measures and quitting tobacco use. (who.int)
  • It is not intended to focus on other aspects of the economics of tobacco control (e.g. advertising bans), or non-economic aspects of tobacco control. (bmj.com)
  • By depriving governments of billions of dollars in tax and duty revenues, cigarette smuggling and counterfeiting result in reduced funding for public health and tobacco control efforts. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • In NCI Tobacco Control Monograph Series 21: The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • An assessment of existing policies, practices, and systems related to tobacco control helps in a comprehensive understanding and identifying areas that may require adjustments or enhancements to align with FCTC's requirements. (delarue.com)
  • Fostering partnerships with relevant stakeholders, including government agencies, public health organisations, and industry associations aids in collaboration with these entities to facilitate knowledge sharing, coordination of efforts, and joint initiatives to address tobacco control challenges. (delarue.com)
  • His Excellency, the Union Minister of Health of Myanmar opened the meeting stating how illicit trade elimination together with other tobacco control measures, such as raising tobacco taxes and pictorial health warnings, are important in tobacco control. (seatca.org)
  • Experts from WHO, OLAF, Kenya Ministry of Finance, World Customs Organization, World Bank, Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA), the Union, and People's Health Foundation (Myanmar) also participated and contributed to the meeting. (seatca.org)
  • So said Dr Tara Singh Bam, Regional Advisor for Tobacco Control at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) on the sidelines of the 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Liverpool, UK. (mangalorean.com)
  • While reflecting upon the game-changing successes in the field of tobacco control, he called for broader partnerships among different public health programmes for accelerating progress in implementing effective tobacco control. (mangalorean.com)
  • People working for TB control, tobacco control, and control of non-communicable diseases (NCD) will have to work together with a holistic approach for the common good. (mangalorean.com)
  • According to Dr Bam, community empowerment is one of the key drivers to tackle the issue of TB, tobacco control and non-communicable diseases. (mangalorean.com)
  • These are just two of the many successes of Bam in tobacco control and he attributes them to political will and commitment. (mangalorean.com)
  • Here is a personal example-"When I met first the Health Minister of Nepal, he was not aware of the complexity of tobacco control. (mangalorean.com)
  • This includes: helping devise strategies to oppose tobacco control regulations, providing seemingly independent evidence to win public policy debates, and advising on corporate responsibility to shift public perceptions of tobacco companies. (tobaccotactics.org)
  • But, despite continued pressure tactics from the industry, ratifying countries unanimously adopted the landmark protocol to eliminate the illicit trade of tobacco, which undermines tobacco control, generates huge profits for smugglers and tobacco manufacturers, and costs governments billions of dollars in lost tax revenue, law enforcement and health care expenditures. (commondreams.org)
  • View the membership of the Tobacco Control Research Group. (bath.ac.uk)
  • The Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG) monitors and investigates corporate influence on health behaviour and policy. (bath.ac.uk)
  • Some governments, despite having tools to improve tobacco control, continue to struggle to effect change. (world-heart-federation.org)
  • The Atlas lays out the case for tobacco control and emphasizes the proven solutions that many in the public health community are actively utilizing with considerable success. (world-heart-federation.org)
  • The authors argue that to achieve sustainable goals, the global health community must work together to make sure tobacco control helps lead to a healthier, tobacco-free future. (world-heart-federation.org)
  • The present article aims to define what tobacco control is both in Europe and around the world. (ersjournals.com)
  • The situation of tobacco control in Belgium will be compared to other European countries using the tobacco control scale (TCS). (ersjournals.com)
  • Moreover the article will raise the question of how far research will continue control into controlling the use of tobacco. (ersjournals.com)
  • The remaining 20% of smokers in the best tobacco control scale countries who are still smoking are not similar to the 20% that are now ex-smokers. (ersjournals.com)
  • The future tobacco control scale should place more importance on the quality of care and the implication of European countries providing improved access to this form of care and validated forms of treatment of this chronic, difficult to treat disease. (ersjournals.com)
  • The control of the 20th century "tobacco epidemics", so called by the World Health Organization (WHO), needs a set of political measures aiming to curb the epidemics, which are still present in the 21st century, with an adequate strategy. (ersjournals.com)
  • Based on the six policies proposed by the World Bank, J oossens and R aw [ 4 ] have proposed a tobacco control scale (TCS) with a maximum score of 100. (ersjournals.com)
  • A legal sub-group constituted by the ministry for suggesting legal reforms for tobacco control held its meeting recently and has submitted its recommendations to the ministry. (thenewsminute.com)
  • I welcome this announcement: as a former chair of the Gateshead tobacco control alliance, this issue is close to my heart. (parliament.uk)
  • That is why the key recommendation of the APPG's report is for a smoke-free 2030 fund, requiring the tobacco industry to pay for tobacco control. (parliament.uk)
  • In particular, will the Government deliver on their commitment to consider a US-style "polluter pays" approach to fund the tobacco control measures needed to deliver a smoke-free 2030? (parliament.uk)
  • From building schools to funding scholarships , tobacco companies use these publicised acts of goodwill to gain influence with governments and try to mute life-saving tobacco control policies. (atca-africa.org)
  • Ernst & Young advised British American Tobacco (BAT) to "take the lead" in positioning itself as a trusted adviser to governments by taking a "responsible and long term perspective on issues" and providing politicians with "accurate, measured and fair" information. (tobaccotactics.org)
  • Onoh I, Dairo MD, Balogun MS, Fawole O. Prevalence and Predictors of Tobacco Use Among Adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria. (cdc.gov)
  • Our study examined the prevalence and factors associated with tobacco use among adolescents in Nigeria. (cdc.gov)
  • Prevalence of adolescent tobacco use was low in Ibadan. (cdc.gov)
  • A recently published systematic review found that the overall prevalence of 'any substance use' among adolescents in sub-Saharan African is 41.6%, with alcohol and tobacco being the highest prevailing substances (i.e. 40.8% and 45.6%, respectively) across the continent compared to any other substance use [ 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • If countries demonstrating a high TCS score have lower tobacco smoking prevalence than countries with a low TCS, it is not known whether the decrease in smoking prevalence over several years is well correlated with the increase in TCS score in each country during the same period. (ersjournals.com)
  • 3 The argument that illicit trade will increase as a result of price rise is often raised by tobacco companies, sometimes successfully, to oppose tobacco tax increases. (bmj.com)
  • Countries with the highest recent increases in tobacco use among their youth are generally lower human development index countries (a summary composite measure of a country's average achievements in 3 basic aspects of human development: health, knowledge, and standard of living) (9). (cdc.gov)
  • The operations were coordinated by INTERPOL's programme to tackle trafficking in illicit goods and counterfeiting , which provides specialized training courses for police in this area. (interpol.int)
  • For example, BAT has signed an agreement with the 27 EU member states and the EU Commission to tackle illicit trade in tobacco. (managingip.com)
  • According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, an average smoker in Pakistan consumes 4,500 cigarettes annually. (com.pk)
  • According to The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS2), the mean age at initiation of tobacco use has increased from 17.9 years in GATS1 to 18.9 years, the official said. (thenewsminute.com)
  • The rate among those aged 15-64 years who consume such substances increased from 4.8% of the global population in 2009 to 5.3% in 2018. (medscape.com)
  • Analyzing the Trend of Illicit Tobacco in the Philippines from 1998 - 2018. (cuny.edu)
  • The adoption of the protocol is just one of many expected outcomes this week that will protect against tobacco industry interference. (commondreams.org)
  • Today's decisions on the illicit trade protocol and efforts to keep industry interference at bay are a strong reminder of the power behind this treaty and the unanimous commitment to independent negotiations and implementation. (commondreams.org)
  • Smallholder tobacco farmers, in particular, have been hard-hit by the COVID-19-related trading restrictions, which allowed the illicit trade to thrive, according to industry stakeholders. (farmersweekly.co.za)
  • One of the many challenges in the tobacco industry on a global scale is the significant presence of illicit trading. (supplychaindigital.com)
  • Tobacco as an industry is a considerably controversial market with close to 600 billion cigarettes traded illicitly in the global market. (supplychaindigital.com)
  • The controversy around the tobacco industry has presented challenges for BAT despite its reputation, as suppliers and partners are weary of the suspicion that still rests within the industry. (supplychaindigital.com)
  • The irony of the entire activity, which is so inimical to the environment, is that the Pakistan Tobacco Board has prepared a PC-1 costing Rs50 million to the exchequer for reforestation, thereby admitting that the industry is causing deforestation and the forests need to be replaced at the government's expense! (com.pk)
  • In his home country Nepal, the media took a strong stand against the pro-tobacco politicians' lobby, disclosed their engagement with the tobacco industry and fought for better public health programmes.This helped to build a strong public opinion, community support and mobilisation against the moves of the politicians. (mangalorean.com)
  • The Big Four have been employed by the tobacco industry as both auditors and advisors for many decades. (tobaccotactics.org)
  • Work for the tobacco industry has generated multi-million dollar fees. (tobaccotactics.org)
  • Auditing of tobacco companies by the Big Four generates multi-million dollar fees, although these are overshadowed by much larger consulting fees earned from the industry. (tobaccotactics.org)
  • A critical article - Article 5.3 - of the treaty prohibits official status to any organization that has a direct affiliation with the tobacco industry. (commondreams.org)
  • Also, after pressure from civil society, the government of the Philippines excluded the National Tobacco Authority (NTA), which promotes tobacco industry interests, from its official delegation in Seoul. (commondreams.org)
  • The GTNF is the global exchange for views and ideas between public health experts, government representatives, the industry and investors. (sttinfo.fi)
  • More broadly, the tobacco industry continues its nearly unfettered assault on public health. (world-heart-federation.org)
  • Youths in the age group of 18 to 21 are susceptible to start smoking mostly due to peer pressure or fashion statement and are heavily targeted by the tobacco industry. (thenewsminute.com)
  • We believe that effective regulation is fundamental to achieving real progress against illicit trade, and that governments have a key role to play in ensuring more efficient enforcement of laws and penalties. (pmi.com)
  • PMI is firmly opposed to the illicit trade in cigarettes and has undertaken a broad series of measures to combat this growing problem, including implementation of a global tracking and tracing system, comprehensive know-your-customer policies, consumer education and collaboration with governments. (pmi.com)
  • Aung's global heritage makes her well-suited to lead INTA this year, as the Association steps up outreach to both governments and brand owners in Asia. (managingip.com)
  • A new study shows that alcohol and tobacco remain the most lethal and costly substances worldwide. (hightimes.com)
  • A new report from the Society for the Study of Addiction found that alcohol and tobacco are far and away the most harmful substances used around the world. (hightimes.com)
  • Substances that were most consumed in the past year were alcohol (82.9%, n = 228), marijuana (42.5%, n = 117), and tobacco (36%, n = 99). (medscape.com)
  • Using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10) codes F11-16, F18, and, F19, we identified drug users by a record in any diagnostic field of mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substances, excluding alcohol and tobacco. (cdc.gov)
  • The abusive use of psychoactive substances has been considerably increasing in the last decades, becoming a complex and global public health problem and a challenge for governmental authorities and, mainly, for health professionals1. (bvsalud.org)
  • Alcohol and Tobacco use cost humankind 250,000,000, or a quarter of a billion years globally. (hightimes.com)
  • The number of tobacco users continues to decrease globally, going from 1.32 billion in 2015 to 1.30 billion last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said onTuesday. (globalissues.org)
  • According to GATS-2, 19% of men, 2% of women and 10.7% of all adults currently smoke tobacco, while 29.6% of men, 12.8% of women and 21.4% of all adults use smokeless tobacco. (thenewsminute.com)
  • Last year, 22.3% per cent of the global population used tobacco, 36.7 per cent of all men and 7.8 per cent of the world's women. (globalissues.org)
  • Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) is the leading international tobacco company, with seven of the world's top 15 brands, including Marlboro, the number one cigarette brand worldwide. (pmi.com)
  • PwC has acted as external auditor to more of the world's biggest tobacco companies for longer. (tobaccotactics.org)
  • Today delegates from across the world began a week of negotiations to further strengthen the global tobacco treaty - the world's first public health and corporate accountability treaty - but not without a fight from Big Tobacco. (commondreams.org)
  • Commissioned by the Hong Kong United Against Illicit Trade (HKUAIT), the report interviewed about a thousand Hong Kong adult citizens in December 2016. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • In 2011, illicit whites reached more than 15.7 billion cigarettes across the EU, compared to nearly zero in 2006. (pmi.com)
  • A newly released WHO Global Investment Case for Tobacco Cessation, also makes the case for investing in cessation interventions. (globalissues.org)
  • It also includes studies on supply-side interventions, such as policies relating to farming and regulation for vendors, marketing bans and cessation programs, health consequences related to tobacco use, and fiscal health policies relating to sugary beverages, junk food, and alcohol. (bmj.com)
  • We recommend an antitobacco campaign that uses a peer education strategy, a comprehensive enforcement of tobacco advertising, and a ban on public smoking. (cdc.gov)
  • They also serve as a reminder of what can be achieved when law enforcement agencies collaborate and present a united front against the criminal groups involved in illicit trade," concluded Mr Ellis, praising the efforts of all the national agencies involved. (interpol.int)
  • A Hong Kong-based advocacy group has urged the government to step up enforcement against illicit tobacco trade while warning against measures that may jeopardise the positive trend. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • While acknowledging Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department's effort in combating illicit tobacco trade, HKUAIT advisor Jeff Herbert warned that the tax loss could in turn, fund criminal organisations and generate even greater indirect losses in terms of extra enforcement actions and prosecutions. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • And while cannabis use is up especially in the US and Canada, the real story here is alcohol and tobacco. (hightimes.com)
  • Focusing on the case studies of tobacco and cannabis, Benoît Gomis will demonstrate it is also a significant public health challenge, in which transnational corporations are playing a major part. (utoronto.ca)
  • Smoking cannabis is more carcinogenic than smoking tobacco. (unodc.org)
  • But considering how many more people use alcohol and tobacco compared with amphetamines, cocaine and opioids , that makes sense. (hightimes.com)
  • Dr Bam has been very instrumental in making implementation of 90% pictorial health warnings on tobacco packs in Nepal and 75% pictorial health warnings on tobacco packs in Myanmar a reality. (mangalorean.com)
  • This can be done through mass marketing campaigns on the harms of tobacco use and through the introduction of plain packaging and graphic health warnings on tobacco packs. (atca-africa.org)
  • However, though we may have insulated the negotiations from Big Tobacco, the struggle now will be to protect the Protocol's implementation. (commondreams.org)
  • RESULTS: Throughout the 15 years of implementation (2007-2022), tobacco has received the most policy attention compared with the other two commodities. (bvsalud.org)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Politics of tobacco tax implementation are complex-compared with the other two commodities. (bvsalud.org)
  • Through innovative strategies, cooperation, and a focus on disrupting the financial foundations of these criminal networks, we can curtail the illegal tobacco trade, and safeguard our communities and economies. (sttinfo.fi)
  • The Tobacco Atlas - a partnership between Vital Strategies and Tobacconomics at the University of Illinois Chicago - is a free online resource that examines the nature and magnitude of the tobacco epidemic. (atca-africa.org)
  • We have a dedicated global team of ITP professionals and have invested significant resources to ensure strong controls in our supply chain, to raise awareness of the consequences of the illegal tobacco trade, and to develop workable and collaborative solutions to put an end to this global challenge. (pmi.com)
  • During her keynote address, Julian Cheung said that "Criminal groups involved in the illegal tobacco trade, siphon much-needed tax revenue from state budgets. (sttinfo.fi)
  • Even though there are some limitations in the data, the SSA's report offers a global picture of the mortality and burden of disease associated with alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use. (hightimes.com)
  • Also, on the basis of current trends, the report attempts to predict the way in which the global health situation is likely to develop during the first quarter of the twenty-first century. (who.int)
  • This report provides the latest expert assessment of the global health situation, and uses that as a basis for projecting health trends to the year 2025. (who.int)
  • And according to the fourth WHO global tobacco trends report, that number is expected to continue to drop to 1.27 billion by 2025. (globalissues.org)
  • According to the report, contributing US$ 1.68 per capita each year to national toll-free quit lines, SMS-based support, and other interventions could help 152 million tobacco users successfully quit by 2030. (globalissues.org)
  • According to the latest Asia Illicit Tobacco Indicator 2015 report by Oxford Economics, Hong Kong's illicit incidence has fallen by 6.7% since 2012 but remains at a relatively high level at 29.1%, amounting an estimated HK$2.9 billion tax loss in fiscal year 2015/16. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • Featuring Dr. Joana Lima Madureira, Health Policy Advisor at the World Health Organization Country Office in Kyrgyzstan and Benoît Gomis, a Lecturer at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Research Fellow with the Pandemics & Borders Project at Simon Fraser University. (utoronto.ca)
  • The four global accounting firms, Deloitte , PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst & Young (EY) and KPMG - collectively known as the "Big Four" - are multinational networks of professional services firms. (tobaccotactics.org)
  • Most tobacco use starts by adolescence, and among Nigerian children, begins as young as age 7 years. (cdc.gov)
  • Most tobacco use begins in adolescence, causing dependence and prolonged use, and accounts for more than 8 million deaths worldwide annually. (cdc.gov)
  • Worldwide, nearly all tobacco use begins in childhood and adolescence. (cdc.gov)
  • This brief from The Union explains why, given the burden of tobacco use on public health, health systems and economies, countries should incorporate higher taxes on tobacco into public health preparedness and response efforts. (who.int)
  • This has set an example that even small countries can make a big difference in global public health. (mangalorean.com)
  • Despite public statements of social purpose - PwC's is to "build trust in society and solve important problems" 5 - the actions of the Big Four demonstrate they serve the commercial interests of the tobacco companies and themselves. (tobaccotactics.org)
  • Aung works for an international tobacco company (BAT) based in the UK (but with a Brazilian CEO) and also spends a lot of time in the Americas. (managingip.com)