Effective Implementation of FCTC Policies

SMOKE-FREE POLICIES PLAIN PACKAGING AND HEALTH WARNINGSPRICING POLICIES AND CONTRABANDDEVELOPING THE EVIDENCE BASE FOR FCTC POLICIES

Effective Implementation of FCTC Policies

ITC Country – Future Plans with ITC

• US – ITC supplement to investigate health warning labels

• Transfer/Renewal of P01 2014 – What should the focus be???

• FDA/NIDA Center Grants– Packaging– Product design – Communications/marketing

• PATH Project

Translating Tobacco Control Science into Practice…

Effective Implementation of FCTC Policies Pre-WCTOH Workshop - March 8, 2009

Our Challenge: Speed of Action Matters

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Impact of policies depends on factors including:

– Intervention date

– Effect size

A reduction of 10% in cigarette consumption today would prevent an estimated 10 million cancer deaths by 2030

A global problem requires a global solution Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) adopted in 2003

170+ Contracting Parties*

Key requirements of FCTC

CONFERENCES OF THE PARTIES:COP-1: Feb 2006 in SwitzerlandCOP-2: July 2007 in ThailandCOP-3: Nov 2008 in S. Africa

COP-4: Nov 2010 in Uruguay COP-5: Nov 2012 in S. Korea

Price and tax measures to reduce demand (Article 6)

Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke (Article 8)

Regulation of the contents of tobacco products (Article 9)

Regulation of tobacco product disclosures (Article 10)

Packaging and labelling (Article 11) Warnings Elimination of misleading descriptors (e.g., “light”

“mild”) Education, communication, training, public awareness (Article

12)

Ban tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion (Article 13)

Dependence and cessation treatments (Article 14)

Prevent illicit trade of tobacco products (Article 15)

OUR FACULTY

Mark Travers, Roswell Park Cancer Institute

SMOKE-FREE POLICIES

James Thrasher,University of South Carolina

Marc Willemson, Dutch Foundation on Smoking & Health

Qiang Li, China CDC

OUR FACULTY

Kylie Lindorff,Cancer Council Victoria

PLAIN PACKAGING AND HEALTH WARNINGS Dave Hammond,

University of Waterloo

Ron Borland, Cancer Council Victoria

OUR FACULTY

Frank Chaloupka, University of Illinois-Chicago

PRICING POLICIES AND CONTRABAND

Ayda Yurekli, World Health Organization

Rahmat Awang, Universiti Sains Malaysia

OUR FACULTYDEVELOPING THE EVIDENCE BASE FOR FCTC POLICIES – FINDINGS FROM THE ITC PROJECT

Hey, Geoff, what do we do next?