• The ninth WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic tracks the progress made by countries in tobacco control since 2008 and, marks 15 years since the introduction of the MPOWER technical package which is designed to help countries implement the demand-reduction measures of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. (theunion.org)
  • Country-level compliance data that accompanies the WHO's annual report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic. (theunion.org)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) released the 9th Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, revealing that 5.6 billion people, or 71% of the world's population, are now covered by at least one policy to protect them from the dangers of tobacco. (at-schweiz.ch)
  • The 9th Global Tobacco Epidemic report, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, focuses on the vital importance of protecting the public from second-hand smoke. (at-schweiz.ch)
  • We often refer to tobacco as an epidemic. (ash.org)
  • The best way to tackle the smoking epidemic and achieve a smoke-free world is by implementing policies set out in the WHO FCTC-not by engaging with an industry whose disingenuousness shows it cannot be trusted with people's health. (world-heart-federation.org)
  • WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic: 2011. (world-heart-federation.org)
  • The tobacco industry's future depends on increasing tobacco use in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), which face a growing burden of tobacco-related disease, yet have potential to prevent full-scale escalation of this epidemic. (nih.gov)
  • Action on Smoking & Health (ASH), an organization devoted to the fight against the domestic and global tobacco epidemic, released a report entitled The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: An Implementation Guide for U.S. State and Local Officials . (ash.org)
  • The report, Blowing Smoke for Big Tobacco , details how the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (U.S. Chamber) has helped the tobacco industry fight tobacco control policies in many countries, including in Asia, undermining measures intended to combat a global tobacco epidemic that remains the number one preventable cause of death. (seatca.org)
  • Preventing young people's access to tobacco would be an effective measure to reduce the vice in future generations, say the experts, who recognize that interference by the tobacco industry is one of the main factors preventing the end of this health "epidemic. (dominicantoday.com)
  • Her colleague Marissa Reitsma adds that if access to tobacco is not reduced for young people on an annual basis, which would reduce the number of adult smokers, "the tobacco epidemic will continue for many years to come. (dominicantoday.com)
  • As outlined in the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), addressing the tobacco epidemic is most effectively done through policy responses such as tobacco taxes, smoke-free public places and bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. (bmj.com)
  • vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tobacco addiction is a global epidemic that ravages entire countries and regions, wreaking the most havoc in the most vulnerable countries and creating an enormous toll of disability, disease, lost productivity and death. (sancda.org.za)
  • We know what works to curb the tobacco epidemic. (sancda.org.za)
  • Global Health Professi onal Students Survey globalization of the tobacco epidemic. (who.int)
  • The EHN published a paper in September 2021, focusing on Heated Tobacco Products (HTPs) and their harmful impact on the cardiovascular system. (smokefreepartnership.eu)
  • This event launching the EU Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021 aims to raise awareness of the renewed efforts by the tobacco industry to influence the decision-making process at EU level. (smokefreepartnership.eu)
  • The European Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021 analyzes how 16 countries in the WHO European Region and the institutions of the European Union are affected by tobacco industry, and how far they have progressed in the implementation of Article 5.3 and its Guidelines that were unanimously adopted. (smokefreepartnership.eu)
  • 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)
  • The importance of implementing Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - which specifically addresses protecting tobacco control policies from tobacco industry interference - is also stressed in this year's campaign. (who.int)
  • The Index covers seven countries in Southeast Asia: the Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, in relation to their compliance with Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) that requires member states to protect public health policies from the influence of the tobacco industry. (seatca.org)
  • It is also critical that governments adopt policies to prevent industry interference in policy making consistent with Article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Prioritising the implementation of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3 is crucial for advancing tobacco control , particularly in places like Bangladesh , where close government - industry links exist. (bvsalud.org)
  • Moreover, the tobacco control "Best Buys" are also part of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) , a legally binding international public health treaty that sets out obligations on Parties to implement proven, cost-effective tobacco control measures. (paho.org)
  • Alongside our colleagues at the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) 5 and The Union, 6 the Global Coalition for Circulatory Health condemns this newly formed foundation as an attempt by the tobacco industry to subvert public policy for a tobacco-free world. (world-heart-federation.org)
  • WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Secretariat's statement on the launch of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. (world-heart-federation.org)
  • The Director-General has the honour to transmit to the Seventy-second World Health Assembly the report submitted by the Head of the Convention Secretariat on behalf of the Eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (see Annex). (who.int)
  • Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (Geneva, 1-6 October 2018). (who.int)
  • Progress will not be realised until tobacco industry interference is actively addressed as outlined in Article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. (nih.gov)
  • The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is the first global treaty on public health . (ash.org)
  • According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco industry interference is the biggest challenge in implementing the global tobacco treaty (formally called the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • This scale-up should include actions that apply also to other targets, such as target 3.a to strengthen the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control by all Parties to the Convention, as appropriate. (who.int)
  • This toolkit presents a range of issues, policy options, and considerations that each country needs to take into account for purposes of developing country efforts for the implementation of Article 5.3 related to protection of tobacco control measures from interference by the tobacco industry of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). (seatca.org)
  • The review of the manual's section on tobacco taxation has revealed contradictions and inconsistencies when compared against international best practices and recommendations in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 6 Guidelines on tobacco tax and price measures, which 180 governments worldwide have committed to implement. (seatca.org)
  • This is the second Tobacco Industry (TI) Interference Index to assess the implementation of World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) Article 5.3 in the ASEAN region. (seatca.org)
  • Plain packaging is among the scientifically-backed tobacco control measures which are also enshrined in the global tobacco treaty (formally called the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control or WHO FCTC). (scoop.co.nz)
  • The action we need to take is laid out in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). (sancda.org.za)
  • Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) sets an evidence-based minimum standard for tobacco control policies. (who.int)
  • Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. (who.int)
  • 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 aim of the campaign is to expose the attempts by the tobacco industry to undermine the efforts of international organizations and governments to reduce tobacco use. (who.int)
  • There is no system that prohibits the industry from making political party contributions, and governments do not require full disclosure of such. (seatca.org)
  • Most governments receive tobacco industry contributions (monetary or in kind) or endorse industry CSR activities. (seatca.org)
  • Most governments accept assistance from the industry in implementing tobacco control policies. (seatca.org)
  • The influence and demands of the tobacco industry have led governments to grant it preferential treatment. (tobaccointerference.org)
  • CAPPA alerted that the tobacco industry's meddlesomeness with governments' health policies was endangering regulatory efforts in clear contravention of the National Tobacco Control Act, 2015, and the National Tobacco Control Regulations, 2019. (atca-africa.org)
  • Findings of the report, according to CAPPA boss showed that the tobacco industry was participating in policy development, CSR activities as well as unnecessary interactions, for instance being part of committees set up by governments. (atca-africa.org)
  • Also, non-binding agreements with the tobacco industry must be rejected as governments are often at a disadvantage. (atca-africa.org)
  • This report uses publicly available information on tobacco industry interference in 34 countries and their respective governments' responses to these interferences to interpret key findings and rank the countries on several interference indicators. (theunion.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)
  • The Conference of Parties to the WHO FCTC Article 5.3 has published guidelines that are designed to help governments protect themselves from tobacco industry interference in the development, implementation and enforcement of tobacco control legislation to protect public health. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • But what is preventing governments from walking the talk on tobacco control and sustainable development? (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • Be more surprised: in November 2008, almost ten years back, governments adopted FCTC Article 5.3 to stop tobacco industry interference in public health policy so that corporations are not allowed to water down, dilute or defeat evidence-based and life-saving tobacco control measures. (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • Although governments kicked tobacco industry out of global tobacco treaty negotiations but industry keeps on finding deceitful ways to reap profits from products that fuel deadly epidemics. (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • Thankfully, the global tobacco treaty has FCTC Article 19 to power governments with policies to hold tobacco industry liable - financially and legally - for the catastrophe it unleashes. (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • Governments adopted a landmark good governance policy that eliminates these loopholes, shutting out the industry and protecting the treaty from interference. (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • Governments not only eliminated Big Tobacco's last entryways into the talks, but they also expanded the treaty's firewall policies that protect public health policy making from the influence of emerging industry tactics. (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • Big Tobacco tries to confuse, sow doubt, and derail policy with its PR stunts, but governments around the world are rejecting its attempts. (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • This civil society report gauges tobacco tax measures in ASEAN countries in relation to the recommendations of the FCTC Article 6 Guidelines and urges ASEAN governments to strengthen and hasten the implementation of their tobacco tax policies. (seatca.org)
  • The authors, who did not analyze the incidence of tobacco substitutes such as e-cigarettes, call on governments to adopt effective policies to reduce the prevalence of smoking in society and prevent initiation among young people, including eliminating flavored nicotine products. (dominicantoday.com)
  • Tobacco industry "partnerships" with governments may be evident in tobacco companies' declarations of their government partners, or in their memoranda of agreement with government bodies. (who.int)
  • For example, tobacco companies have used litigation, direct lobbying to governments, and the establishment of industry-based advocacy bodies to influence not only policy makers and politicians but also public opinion. (cdc.gov)
  • It also highlights the many innovative ways being used to counter the tactics of the tobacco industry to subvert tobacco control policies. (who.int)
  • The WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean launched the theme for the 2012 World No Tobacco Day, calling upon participants to form a united front against the tobacco industry's strategies and tactics to undermine tobacco control policies. (who.int)
  • Get our monthly newsletter and sign up for Tobacco Tactics updates. (exposetobacco.org)
  • Interestingly, similar tactics had been used by the tobacco industry to interfere with the adoption of the previous Thai tobacco control law in 1992. (tobaccoinduceddiseases.org)
  • Evidence was assessed thematically to identify distinct tobacco industry aims, arguments and tactics. (bmj.com)
  • Key industry tactics include: establishing 'front groups', securing credible allies, direct lobbying and publicity campaigns. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions The tobacco industry has historically tried to keep tobacco taxes low using consistent tactics and misleading arguments. (bmj.com)
  • 1 Systematic reviews of particular policy areas within this literature can provide succinct overviews, 2-4 enabling common industry tactics and arguments, as well as any important gaps in the evidence base, to be identified. (bmj.com)
  • At the recent eighth session of the global tobacco treaty negotiations, countries unanimously adopted policies that eliminate loopholes Big Tobacco used to gain access to the talks, redouble defenses against evolving industry tactics, and mandate a study on new tobacco products, like heat-not-burn, which pose a threat to public health - particularly to children. (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • Although a number of renowned policy implementation models, frameworks and theories are available, 13 14 none of these are sufficiently specific to tobacco control, which is complicated by the strategies and tactics of transnational tobacco companies. (bmj.com)
  • The tobacco industry repeats the same tactics in multiple jurisdictions to interfere with tobacco control. (who.int)
  • Since tobacco control involves a wide range of government support, officials involved in revolving-door tactics can also be wide-ranging to include former presidents, justices, attorney generals, trade attachés, ambassadors, and so on. (who.int)
  • Industry tactics include political donations, mobilizing protobacco lobby groups in the community, and financing "independent expert" spokespeople ( 9 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The country has been unable to introduce an all-encompassing ban on tobacco advertisements and has not conducted a national campaign of at least three weeks' duration between 2020 and 2022. (at-schweiz.ch)
  • The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the International Legal Consortium (ILC) from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK), with support from the European Union, convened a Subregional Workshop on the Use of Law to address Noncommunicable Diseases in the Caribbean from March 3 - 5, 2020. (paho.org)
  • Matthes, B , Hiscock, R & Evans-Reeves, K 2020, Global Tobacco and Next Generation Product Market, and Philip Morris International . (bath.ac.uk)
  • Non-disclosure of government interactions with the tobacco industry, transparency, and conflict of interest are all issues to be dealt with: these are the main findings of the world's first Tobacco Industry Interference Index released by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). (seatca.org)
  • The tobacco industry will not stop its disruption of government efforts to promote public health through tobacco control," said Mary Assunta the Senior Policy Advisor of SEATCA. (seatca.org)
  • Oluwafemi said that the report, which was initiated by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliances, SEATCA, formed part of the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index. (atca-africa.org)
  • by Prof. Hana Ross, Principal Research Officer of the Economics of Tobacco Control at the University of Cape Town, is an academic review commissioned by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). (seatca.org)
  • Second edition of the ASEAN Tobacco Control Atlas with a foreword by world-renowned tobacco control activist Dr. Judith MacKay of the World Lung Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and a preface by SEATCA director Bungon Rithiphakdee. (seatca.org)
  • For his part, Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) Executive Director Dr. Ulysses Dorotheo said that industry arguments that raising taxes on tobacco products will worsen cigarette smuggling are not supported by real-world evidence. (healthjustice.ph)
  • Their 'Tobacco Free Ireland' policy aims to reduce tobacco prevalence to under 5% by 2025. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • The report applies international and domestic examples of best practice measures to reduce tobacco consumption, derived from the WHO FCTC, to U.S. state and local laws. (ash.org)
  • The negotiations were under constant assault as Big Tobacco attempted to undermine talks by stacking government delegations, commandeering industry front groups, lobbying countries, posing as the media and employing other means to interfere with policies that would save lives and reduce tobacco consumption. (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • The third paper describes that things that can be done to reduce tobacco use in communities. (abainternational.org)
  • Pasig City, Philippines, 3 February 2014: Tobacco companies continue to enjoy undue, and unregulated, influence over policies affecting their industry, and therefore affecting public health, in Southeast Asia, according to the first-ever Tobacco Control Interference Index for ASEAN launched by regional advocates for tobacco control. (seatca.org)
  • To stop the tobacco industry from interfering in the development of strong tobacco control policies, advocates must expose these strategies. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Tobacco control advocates must continue to monitor the industry's actions after strong legislation is put in place, and should encourage government enforcement agencies to demand compliance. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • The Global Health Advocacy Incubator by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids provides strategic support to advocates planning and executing high impact campaigns to enact and implement laws that save lives. (theunion.org)
  • Finally, although tobacco control advocates were partially successful in counteracting TII, one self -proclaimed tobacco control group, whose nature remains unclear, threatened the otherwise united approach. (bvsalud.org)
  • The conference was tobacco industry-free, thanks to a concerted effort by health and tobacco control advocates. (bmj.com)
  • Tobacco industry watchdog STOP alerted advocates to PMJ and PMI's involvement, spurring many, including regional agencies and local advocates , to reach out to confirmed speakers, asking them to withdraw from the event. (bmj.com)
  • Media Beacon is an online resource from Vital Strategies of tested and proven, best practice media campaign materials designed to support tobacco control health objectives. (theunion.org)
  • Strategic opposition to strong legislative measures continued with the well-funded tobacco industry campaign against plain packaging. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • The tobacco industry is the single largest barrier to tobacco control policies globally - and these negotiations were no exception," said Michel Legendre, associate campaign director at Corporate Accountability. (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • Considering the controversial history of Big Tobacco, can this campaign be trusted? (channel4.com)
  • Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, praised the progress, stating, "I congratulate Mauritius on becoming the first country in Africa, and the Netherlands on becoming the first in the European Union to implement the full package of WHO tobacco control policies at the highest level…More and more people are being protected from the harms of tobacco by WHO's evidence-based best-practice policies. (at-schweiz.ch)
  • We urge all parties with an interest in public health to do the same and support all legitimate and honest efforts to protect people from the harms of tobacco and smoking. (world-heart-federation.org)
  • The United States, once a leader in public health measures on tobacco, is falling behind international best practices when it comes to protecting its citizens from the harms of tobacco. (ash.org)
  • The tobacco industry was invited and participated in the meetings organised by the federal government, including a Public hearing towards the passage of the National Tobacco Control Regulation 2019. (atca-africa.org)
  • CAPPA recommended for full implementation of the Act (2015) and Regulation (2019), and publication of dealings, interactions, economic incentives, and benefits the industry receives from the government. (atca-africa.org)
  • : https://www.who.int/fctc/cop/sessions/cop8/documentation/en/ (accessed 15 February 2019). (who.int)
  • Tobacco use among adults in Australia in 2012 was around 16% which has come down to 11% by 2019. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Tobacco caused almost eight million deaths in 2019, when the number of smokers increased to 1.1 billion globally, reveals a study published Thursday by "The Lancet" and "The Lancet Public Health. (dominicantoday.com)
  • It provides for information purposes an overview of the main decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties and of the main outcomes of the first session of Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (the Protocol) (MOP1). (who.int)
  • Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the world. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • Smoke-free environments are among the critical measures to protect people, especially as tobacco remains the leading cause of preventable death globally. (at-schweiz.ch)
  • Tobacco use continues to be the leading global cause of preventable death. (sancda.org.za)
  • In a way, having a state-owned tobacco industry makes it easier for the government to regulate it in accordance with the obligations embodied in WHO FCTC Article 5.3 and its Guidelines. (tobaccointerference.org)
  • It asks that copies of WHO FCTC Article 5.3 be distributed to officials within all government departments and any state agencies that may have interactions with the tobacco industry. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • A toolkit to provide a roadmap for establishing multisectoral strategies, plans and programmes for tobacco control in line with WHO FCTC Article 5.1. (theunion.org)
  • An important field of action is the denormalization of the consumption of tobacco and nicotine products. (at-schweiz.ch)
  • Even though tobacco consumption in adult men has reduced from 49% in 2005 to 43% in 2011, it still is very high. (citizen-news.org)
  • Tobacco packaging is a mobile billboard promoting consumption of tobacco products. (scoop.co.nz)
  • We are constantly reviewing our content to ensure it addresses emerging trends like e-cigarette use, public consumption of marijuana, and tobacco industry interference. (no-smoke.org)
  • So far, 173 nations (plus the European Union) have pledged to work together to implement the Convention in order to protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke. (sancda.org.za)
  • By funding so-called "socially responsible" activities, the tobacco industry strives to counter the negative attention surrounding its deadly products and to build goodwill among policymakers and the public. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Giving fiscal benefits and/or preferential treatment to the tobacco industry is tantamount to assisting it in promoting its deadly products. (tobaccointerference.org)
  • There are reports that certain countries in the region have considered removing duty-free privileges of tobacco products and have started computing their savings. (tobaccointerference.org)
  • Recent key achievements include: the rollout of standardized packaging of tobacco products, the improvement of data gathering in schools, increasing tobacco prices and campaigns and support for smoking cessation services. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • Manufacturers of tobacco products have been castigated for not providing expressive. (atca-africa.org)
  • This set of case study, focusing specifically on regulations of menthol in tobacco products, provide practical guidance to countries by describing effective regulatory strategies in tobacco product regulation, including lessons learned and challenges encountered in developing and implementing menthol related regulation. (theunion.org)
  • 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)
  • Since the 1990s, in line with the industry's corporate social responsibility agenda, tobacco companies, to varying degrees, have espoused what they define as 'appropriate regulation' of their products. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • There's absolutely no doubt that tobacco products should be subject to strict rules and enforcement. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • To drive up sales the industry markets its products heavily, deliberately targeting non-smokers and keeps prices low until smoking and local economies are sufficiently established to drive prices and profits up. (nih.gov)
  • Taxes on tobacco products are low and so they are cheap and easily accessible to people. (citizen-news.org)
  • Even though tobacco advertisements are banned on our TV channels, there is free access to advertisemnets of tobacco products through TV, radio and social media channels of other SEAR countries that are beamed in Timor. (citizen-news.org)
  • Not all U.S. citizens are adequately or equally protected from the damage, disease, and death caused by tobacco products. (ash.org)
  • But tobacco industry continues to connive to knowingly sell and expand markets for its disease and death causing products. (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • Myanmar has adopted standardised packaging (or plain packaging) of all tobacco products. (scoop.co.nz)
  • 21 countries are at different stages of implementing plain packaging of tobacco products in the world. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Why plain packaging of tobacco products? (scoop.co.nz)
  • Even if tobacco advertising, promotion and marketing is banned, the industry connives to dupe, deceive and lure our children and young people by packaging its deadly-disease-causing products in such a cunning way (which also distracts attention from health warnings). (scoop.co.nz)
  • Existing users carry tobacco products with them so unknowingly become mobile displays for tobacco industry. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Plain packaging and larger pictorial health warnings help reveal the grim reality of tobacco products. (scoop.co.nz)
  • For example, Australia was the First Nation to enforce plain packaging of tobacco products in 2012 despite all out effort by tobacco industry to dissuade it from doing so. (scoop.co.nz)
  • The persistently high prevalence of smoking among young people in many countries, coupled with the expansion of new tobacco and nicotine products, underscores the need for increased control," says one of the researchers, Emmanuela Gakidou of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at Seattle University (USA). (dominicantoday.com)
  • PMI would also seek "repeal [of] parts of the… Tobacco and Related Products Regulations [for] e-cigarettes… including… the limits on the amount of nicotine allowed … and advertising restrictions. (channel4.com)
  • This would incorporate heated tobacco products, apparently freeing them from some of the marketing constraints that apply to cigarettes. (channel4.com)
  • The alternatives available, in the form of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products are available from PMI. (channel4.com)
  • HealthJustice President Mary Ann Mendoza said that the Senate, once it resumes session after the elections in May, must prioritize increasing the excise tax on tobacco products up to Php90 per pack. (healthjustice.ph)
  • In contrast, a high tax rate on tobacco products can signify that industry interference is low. (who.int)
  • The products of both industries cause negative health outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • The disease burden, death toll and economic loss caused by tobacco is mountainous enough to warrant urgent action globally. (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • GGTC serves as the WHO FCTC Secretariat's Knowledge Hub on Article 5.3 for the protection against tobacco industry interference globally. (bmj.com)
  • Watch this webinar to hear cities share their experiences implementing smokefree laws, bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS) at points-of-sale and tobacco vendor licensing policies. (theunion.org)
  • Eight countries, including Ethiopia, Iran, and New Zealand, are close to joining the leaders in tobacco control, however the report also underscores the urgent need for further action, with 44 countries still unprotected by any of WHO's MPOWER measures and 53 countries without complete smoking bans in healthcare facilities. (at-schweiz.ch)
  • Tobacco companies are known for requesting an unreasonably long period of time to comply with laws (such as smoke-free environments, packaging/ labelling regulations, advertising bans, tax increases) - even when the same company has complied with shorter timelines in other countries. (who.int)
  • The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), on Thursday, declared that tobacco industry interference remains a major challenge to effective tobacco control in Nigeria and Africa. (atca-africa.org)
  • For example, BBC exposed British American Tobacco (BAT) illegally paid politicians and civil servants in countries in East Africa. (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • The Swiss Association for Tobacco Control is the center of competence for tobacco prevention in Switzerland. (at-schweiz.ch)
  • AT Switzerland offers its members a broad network of experts and provides expertise on tobacco control and prevention. (at-schweiz.ch)
  • Implement integrated responses - The strong link between mental health conditions and tobacco use underscores the need for an integrated approach that prioritizes prevention at the primary health care level. (undp.org)
  • For example, tobacco prevention education in schools, policy advocacy and health warnings on cigarette packs typically focus only on the physical health risks of tobacco use. (undp.org)
  • 3) describe a community-based approach to addressing youth violence prevention, tobacco control, and climate change. (abainternational.org)
  • Countries with high levels of unnecessary interaction with the industry have high levels of tobacco industry participation in policy development. (seatca.org)
  • Tobacco companies interfere with the legislative process in countries where they operate by creating allies and leveraging their influence among policy making and regulatory bodies. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Adopt a policy to ensure that the state-owned tobacco industry does not undertake any so-called CSR activities and remits any excess money to the government, either as taxes or as part of the revenue stream, which may be earmarked for health promotion purposes. (tobaccointerference.org)
  • Exposing how the industry seeks to undermine the very authority of state policy provides lessons about the exploitive and irresponsible nature of the industry that can serve to warn and empower politicians and all policymakers to reject CSR and other fraudulent actions of the industry. (tobaccoinduceddiseases.org)
  • According to him " the tobacco industry still participates in policy development in Nigeria. (atca-africa.org)
  • Use the search bar or filters to find guides, sample materials, research articles and more to facilitate tobacco control policy implementation. (theunion.org)
  • This site is dedicated to countering tobacco at the point-of-sale and offers evidence-based descriptions of the problem, policy solutions, advocacy materials and news updates. (theunion.org)
  • These are of central importance to tobacco companies because they are one of the most effective policy levers for tobacco control, 6-8 and because tax levels and structures impact on profits. (bmj.com)
  • From a policy perspective, ad valorem taxes are attractive because they automatically increase with industry price increases and are implicitly linked to inflation. (bmj.com)
  • More research is needed to describe fully the relationship between cigarette promotions and tobacco control policy. (bmj.com)
  • The escalating and interconnected risks posed by mental health conditions and tobacco use and their significant economic and developmental consequences demand urgent policy attention and proactive measures. (undp.org)
  • The Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG) monitors and investigates corporate influence on health behaviour and policy. (bath.ac.uk)
  • For example, in 2011 the Philip Morris International website stated, 'to be effective, tobacco regulatory policy must be evidence-based. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • Increasingly it is using domestic litigation and international arbitration to bully LMICs from implementing effective policies and hijacking the problem of tobacco smuggling for policy gain, attempting to put itself in control of an illegal trade in which there is overwhelming historical evidence of its complicity. (nih.gov)
  • the new EU Tobacco Industry Index released by SPF today, with the support of ENSP, EPHA, CEO and ECL, shows revived efforts by the tobacco industry to influence the EU policy making process. (smokefreepartnership.eu)
  • In fact, one of the most commonly cited barriers to tobacco control policy implementation around the world is tobacco industry interference. (bmj.com)
  • Another indicator is the presence of certain language promoted by the tobacco industry in a draft or adopted policy. (who.int)
  • The tobacco industry will seek a delay in implementation if, for instance, policy-makers have been lobbied to represent industry interests. (who.int)
  • The tobacco industry has consistently demanded "a seat at the table" in an effort to obstruct tobacco control policy. (who.int)
  • Tobacco industry activities that are described as "socially responsible", including so-called CSR, are recognized as a means to access politicians and influence policy as well as being a reputation-saving measure. (who.int)
  • When tobacco industry CSR is allowed, access to politicians/policy-makers increases and the risk of policy interference is higher. (who.int)
  • Similarly, the risk of policy interference is high in places where tobacco industry funding is allowed or is not transparent. (who.int)
  • If such industry events and actions are tolerated by government officials or policy- makers, it suggests easy access to policy-makers and the likelihood of covert meetings to influence policy. (who.int)
  • Both smoke from the burning end provides demographics, tobacco use prevalence, The WHO FCTC requires countries knowledge and attitudes information, as well as that are Parties to the Convention (Parties) of a cigarette or other tobacco product and smoke information on school policy and curriculum. (who.int)
  • Third, event organizers need to look beyond tobacco industry money and speaker pitches to consider the potential implications of industry sponsorship and participation, including the withdrawal of credible expert speakers of far greater interest to their audiences. (bmj.com)
  • Tobacco companies continue to conduct fake CSR as a tactic to undermine the ban on tobacco advertising, promotions and sponsorship. (seatca.org)
  • As tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship is getting banned in more countries than ever before worldwide, the tobacco industry is more heavily dependent on utilising the tobacco packs to reach out to its existing and potential "new customers" (read "children and young people" as majority of tobacco use begins before the age of 18). (scoop.co.nz)
  • Given the proven success of these interventions, the tobacco industry actively fights the passage and implementation of strong tobacco control legislation in order to protect its profits. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Once legislation is passed, the tobacco industry challenges the enforcement of laws by not complying with the laws or by finding loopholes that undermine them. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Serve the industry's political interest by preventing effective tobacco control legislation. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Information from tobacco industry documents and specific policies and strategies used against the industry are illustrated and are applied to an examination of recent industry efforts: economic arguments from business interests and front groups, attempts to discredit established research findings, and using litigation to delay or block government tobacco control legislation/regulation. (tobaccoinduceddiseases.org)
  • Search and download factsheets and summaries of tobacco control legislation and regulations from around the world. (theunion.org)
  • Tobacco: Al the Facts, Legislation, and How it Affects Your Health. (cleartheair.org.hk)
  • If shown to be effective in one part of the world, tobacco control legislation is often replicated in other jurisdictions. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • The industry systematically flaunts existing tobacco control legislation and works aggressively to prevent future policies using its resource advantage to present highly misleading economic arguments, rebrand political activities as corporate social responsibility, and establish and use third parties to make its arguments more palatable. (nih.gov)
  • Tobacco companies interfere with the Ministry of Health, whenever some legislation is to be passed and this slows down the process of tobacco control implementation. (citizen-news.org)
  • Along with the Implementation Guide, ASH launched an online database to house sample tobacco control legislation and resources. (ash.org)
  • Among the many other examples included in the ASH Implementation Guide and in the online database are examples of model legislation and cases from New York City, which, under the leadership of Mayor Bloomberg, has become a U.S. leader on tobacco control. (ash.org)
  • The lobby of the tobacco industry and compromises in negotiations led to a "partial carve-out," or a provision that could limit the tobacco industry's access to investor-state suits (i.e., limit the ability of tobacco companies to use the dispute settlement mechanisms of the treaty against the state to challenge tobacco control measures. (tobaccointerference.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)
  • 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)
  • Big Tobacco will stop at nothing to try to undermine the lifesaving measures of the treaty," said Dr. Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan, a delegate for Thailand. (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • Traditionally tobacco excise taxes have been implemented as a means of accruing government revenue but they are increasingly also being used for tobacco control. (bmj.com)
  • 7-9 A number of different types of tobacco excise tax exist (see box 1 ). (bmj.com)
  • Increase tobacco taxes - Evidence indicates that a significant increase in tobacco excise tax is the most effective measure for reducing tobacco use. (undp.org)
  • Given the positive relationship between tobacco cessation and improved mental health, increasing tobacco excise tax is likely to benefit not only tobacco users with mental health conditions but also their families, friends and co-workers exposed to second-hand smoke. (undp.org)
  • For more information please contact: Dr Fenton Howell, National Tobacco Control Advisor, Tobacco and Alcohol Control Unit, Department of Health, Ireland (e-mail: [email protected]). (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • NCDs, mainly cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases and their four shared risk factors of tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, remain leading causes of mortality, morbidity and disability in the Caribbean. (paho.org)
  • NCDs, namely cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, are largely preventable by addressing the four common modifiable risk factors - tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity. (who.int)
  • They are largely preventable by addressing the four common modifiable risk factors: tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity. (who.int)
  • 12 Political lobbying is deemed to be particularly problematic in the case of tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries, and some political parties have adopted policies not to accept funds from such companies. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • 1 Department for Health and UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, University of Bath, Bath, UK. (nih.gov)
  • Orienting funding through domestic, bilateral and multilateral channels towards evidence-based, cost-effective interventions to reduce risk factors, including tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and harmful use of alcohol, can reduce unnecessary expenditure on high-cost interventions, medicines and technologies. (who.int)
  • Innovative financing is needed, including through increased taxes on tobacco and alcohol. (who.int)
  • Federal explosives regulations promulgated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) define two general categories of fireworks sold in the United States: "display fireworks" and "consumer fireworks. (atf.gov)
  • Tobacco farming: overcoming an understatedimpediment to comprehensive tobacco control. (who.int)
  • 5, 6 In addition, evidence suggests that cigarette manufacturers may use POP promotions as a means to attenuate the effects of comprehensive tobacco control programmes and cigarette price increases. (bmj.com)
  • According to the WHO , only 23 countries (including 7 LMICs) offered comprehensive tobacco cessation services in 2018. (undp.org)
  • Enforcing tobacco control policies is just as important as passing them. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • For instance, depending on the level of control the government has over the tobacco industry, many of the measures listed in this Toolkit, such as the requirement of making certain information available, can be adopted through well-disseminated inter-governmental policies. (tobaccointerference.org)
  • Require the state-owned tobacco industry to set up a publicly accessible database of its transactions and operations in order to ensure transparency of information that is relevant to implementing tobacco control policies. (tobaccointerference.org)
  • Objective To systematically review studies of tobacco industry efforts to influence tobacco tax policies. (bmj.com)
  • Studies were included if they focused on industry efforts to influence tobacco tax policies, drew on empirical evidence, were in English and concerned the period 1985-2010. (bmj.com)
  • Much has been learnt about industry efforts to influence tobacco control policies, particularly through research on internal corporate documents released via litigation in the USA. (bmj.com)
  • 2 , 5 This systematic review examines studies investigating tobacco industry efforts to influence tobacco tax policies. (bmj.com)
  • Results Starting in the 1980s, tobacco companies worked to create the appearance of broad opposition to tobacco control policies by attempting to create a grassroots smokers' rights movement. (blogspot.com)
  • Although tobacco control policies have been adopted across the globe, effective implementation continues to be a major challenge, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries, where almost 80% of the world's smokers reside. (bmj.com)
  • 1 2 Although tobacco control policies have been adopted across the globe, effective implementation continues to be a major challenge, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), 3-7 where almost 80% of the world's smokers reside and where the majority of tobacco-related deaths are occurring. (bmj.com)
  • As illustrated in figure 1 , the framework depicts the constellation of factors that influence implementation fidelity and aims to enable countries to improve the implementation of, and compliance with, tobacco control policies. (bmj.com)
  • Policies that fall short of these standards can be a sign that tobacco industry positions are being accommodated, unless justified by constitutional restrictions. (who.int)
  • WHO marks World No Tobacco Day each year on 31 May to draw global attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and to its negative health effects on smokers and non-smokers. (who.int)
  • Ireland is taking promising steps towards tobacco control and prevalence reduction. (untobaccocontrol.org)
  • 2 Since the MSA, increases in interior and exterior tobacco advertising 3, 4 and higher prevalence of point of purchase (POP) promotions have been reported. (bmj.com)
  • The Index ranks ASEAN countries according to their efforts in halting tobacco industry interference and provides clues to what the challenges are. (seatca.org)
  • This Index shines a light on where the interferences are. (seatca.org)
  • Dr Sin Sovann , Deputy Director, National Centre for Health Promotion, Ministry of Health, Cambodia, shared with CNS (Citizen News Service) that during the last 15 years concerted efforts of many stakeholders, in tobacco control have brought about a sea change in people's behavioural pattern. (citizen-news.org)
  • We are alerting countries that they need to step up their efforts, disclose all interactions with the industry, exercise transparency, stop receiving industry contributions, and ban their CSR activities. (seatca.org)
  • What is known about tobacco industry efforts to influence tobacco tax? (bmj.com)
  • Results A total of 34 studies examined industry efforts to influence tax levels. (bmj.com)
  • Control and Global Climate Action, raising awareness of the need for tobacco control efforts to integrate strategies to combat the destructive impacts of tobacco on the environment and sustainable development. (who.int)
  • These efforts should also incorporate lesser-known mental health risks associated with tobacco use. (undp.org)
  • However, these tobacco control efforts are systematically opposed by the tobacco industry. (sancda.org.za)
  • ASEAN is home to about 127 million smokers or 10 percent of the world's tobacco consumers. (seatca.org)
  • About a fifth of the population uses tobacco daily, while 8% are occasional smokers. (at-schweiz.ch)
  • With the advertising of tobacco increasingly banned in more and more forms throughout the world, the pack has fast become the most important promotional vehicle for reaching potential and current smokers. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Recently, healthcare providers have been trained in tobacco cessation services and start tobacco cessation services are expected to begin soon in selected hospitals and health facilities. (citizen-news.org)
  • For all these reasons and more, the tobacco industry's business practices are incompatible with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the principles of the UN, despite its claims of support and meaningful change. (exposetobacco.org)
  • Also without holding industry liable, progress on tobacco control and SDGs will continue to remain under threat. (pakistanchristianpost.com)
  • Tobacco industry interference to undermine the development and implementation of graphic health warnings in Bangladesh. (bvsalud.org)
  • In Bangladesh , the 2013 Amendment of the Tobacco Control Act made graphic health warnings (GHWs) on the upper 50% of all tobacco packs obligatory. (bvsalud.org)
  • Plain packaging rips apart the packs from marketing and promotion content of the tobacco industry, leaving behind strong health warnings which become more prominently visible. (scoop.co.nz)
  • In the last 15 years, since the introduction of WHO's MPOWER tobacco control measures, smoking rates have declined worldwide. (at-schweiz.ch)
  • The Implementation Guide is intended to help U.S. states and localities implement tobacco control measures that are proven to protect the health of constituents in other jurisdictions. (ash.org)
  • In Laos, certain tobacco companies, as part of investment incentives, enjoy a 25-year tax cap. (tobaccointerference.org)
  • Tensions between government bodies were identified, one of which (National Board of Revenue)-seemingly close to cigarette companies and representing their arguments-sought to influence others to adopt industry -preferred positions. (bvsalud.org)
  • The strategies cigarette companies used closely resemble key techniques from the well-evidenced tobacco industry playbook. (bvsalud.org)
  • Methods We used the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, the Wayback Machine, Google, LexisNexis, the Center for Media and Democracy and the Center for Responsive Politics ( opensecrets.org ) to examine the tobacco companies' connections to the Tea Party. (blogspot.com)
  • This report provides the latest information on which organisations in the ASEAN region the top 4 tobacco companies have targeted to front their so-called charities. (seatca.org)
  • These documents reveal a plan to propose to the government the establishment of a £1 billion fund - financed by tobacco companies - "to support a smoke free UK. (channel4.com)
  • Let us also not be blind to the fact that tobacco companies have been caught and convicted for facilitating and engaging in illicit trade," Dorotheo added. (healthjustice.ph)
  • How should tobacco companies pay for their pollution in Philippines? (healthjustice.ph)