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Effective Implementation of FCTC Policies. Smoke-free Policies Plain packaging and health warnings Pricing Policies and contraband Developing the evidence Base for FCTC Policies. ITC Country – Future Plans with ITC. US – ITC supplement to investigate health warning labels - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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?