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also aims to provide a cross-country analysis of legislation that, in itself, is expected to help raise awareness and …
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TFI has published a handbook to address the practical elements of various tobacco control measures.
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WHO is disseminating this guide as a necessary tool for those working in tobacco control or in health promotion. These actors include governmental agencies, public health practitioners, lawyers, nongovernmental organizations and academia. It is hoped that the guide will add value to existing...
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In November 2003, the WHO Director-General formalized the Scientific Advisory Committee on Tobacco Product Regulation (SACTob) by changing its status to that of a study group. Following the status change, the SACTob became the "WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation" (TobReg). It is...
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: smoking prevalence, legislation, economics, cessation and general policy. An important advance on the 2001 exercise is that … national legislation on tobacco control has been both directly checked and crosschecked with information received from other …
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, major legislation on clean indoor air, tobacco tax increases and a tobacco tax stamp measure have passed by comfortable … of Honolulu, Kaua'i and Maui Counties announced they would be introducing legislation that would end restaurant smoking … cigarette tax by switching to a per unit tax backfired. The per unit taxes established by state legislation between 1997 and …
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Introduction Tobacco use is the leading cause of death and disease in Australia. Each year nearly 20 000 Australians die and more than 150 000 are hospitalized due to tobacco-related illnesses (1). The economic and social costs of tobacco use in Australia are estimated at $AU 12,736.2 million...
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The third meeting of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation (TobReg) was held in Kobe, Japan from 28 to 30 June 2006. The meeting was held in response to Decision 15 of the first session of the Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework...
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The European tobacco control report describes the tobacco control situation and the status of tobacco control policies in the WHO European Region as at late 2006; reviews progress following the adoption of the European Strategy for Tobacco Control (ESTC) in 2002; and establishes a baseline for...
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In 2007, although Tennessee was (and still is) the third largest tobacco¬producing state, it enacted the Non¬Smoker Protection Act (NSPA), making most enclosed public and workplaces, and restaurants 100% smoke-free. This study triangulates archival documents with interviews, legislative...
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