COP9 2021
Explore content that investigates the progress towards the goals outlined in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Including news, multimedia, and a special issue of Drugs and Alcohol Today. Read more here.
Contradictions and Conflicts:
New research published by leading international business and corporate governance scholar Daniel Malan identifies inherent conflicts of interest with many of the countries leading the development of global tobacco control policy. Read more here.
The Tobacco Transformation Index:
The Tobacco Transformation Index aims to accelerate the reduction of harm caused by tobacco use. The Index ranks the world’s 15 largest tobacco companies on their relative progress toward harm reduction. Visit the site
Complements ongoing tobacco control efforts to accelerate quitting and switching to tobacco harm reduction products while understanding the individual smoker
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Aims to diversify tobacco-dependent economies, ensuring that smallholder farmers impacted by the declining demand for tobacco are supported to find sustainable alternative livelihoods
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Focuses on delivering change across the entire global tobacco industry and nicotine ecosystem
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Smoking is the world’s leading cause of preventable death
There are 8 million smoking-related deaths annually, killing more people than hiv/aids, malaria & tuberculosis combined.2
1. World Health Organization Tobacco Fact Sheet, 2020
2. World Health Organization. WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2019
3. Banks E, et al. Tobacco smoking and cause mortality in a large Australian Cohort study: findings from a mature epidemic with current low smoking prevalence. BMC MED, 2015
The tobacco ecosystem in India is complex. @andymukherjee70 suggests a new structure for ITC #India & uses findings from http://tobaccotransformationindex.org to evaluate companies' progress toward #tobaccoharmreduction.
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Homepage | GSTHR Online Event A MUST watch event and no doubt, a vital addition to those committed to #endsmoking and supporting #tobacco harm reduction @SmokeFreeFdn @GerryStimson https://events.gsthr.org/
.@EliseAce, founder & president of @GTNF2020, joins Derek Yach (@swimdaily) on the Global Health Perspectives podcast. Elise & Derek unpack some of the highlights from this year’s virtual GTNF & discuss the value of creating a space for open dialogue: https://bit.ly/2FBHgWo
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