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UICC 08: Luk Joossens and the Tobacco Control Scale: how does your country rate on tobacco control?

Luk was up early today to be part of a "Challenge the expert" session starting a 7.30 am. We used this opportunity to talk to him.
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 The initial paper published in the June 2006 issue of Tobacco Control.

The 2007 progress report published in October 2007 (pdf format) lists 30 European countries.
Another useful exercise is for your country to "take the test" and see what your score is on the scale.

UICC 08: Luk Joossens: Illicit tobacco trade, an overview

Luk introduces this session devoted to smuggling and explains "where we are now".
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For all the information about UICC 08, visit our conference blog.

 

38th World Conference on Lung Health: Karen Slama about the link between tobacco smoking and tuberculosis

Here is the presentation given by Karen Slama in Cape Town during the 38th World Conference on Lung Health organized by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
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38th World Conference on Lung Health: Patricia Lambert

Here is the presentation given by Patricia Lambert in Cape Town during the 38th World Conference on Lung Health organized by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
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38th World Conference on Lung Health: Sinead Jones

Here is the presentation given by Sinead Jones in Cape Town during the 38th World Conference on Lung Health organized by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
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Judith Mackay: Overview of the global tobacco epidemic

Here is the presentation given by Judith Mackay in Cape Town during the 38th World Conference on Lung Health organized by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
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Yussuf Saloojee about the need for graphic warnings

Here is the presentation given by Yussuf Saloojee in Cape Town during the 38th World Conference on Lung Health organized by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
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Konstantin Krasovsky and smoke-free regulations in Ukraine

This is the presentation given by Konstantin during the session about passive smoking interventions on Friday October 13. LISTEN

David Sweanor: Strategies of the Tobacco Industry in the Year 2015

David Sweanor is adjunct professor with the Faculty of Law of Ottawa University. He is a former legal counsel of the Non Smokers Rights Association.   
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Guido Palazzo: The corporate social responsibility façade of the tobacco industry

Guido Palazzo is assistant professor at the University of Lausanne. He specializes in business ethics.
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Anna Gilmore: The Future of BAT: World Leader or Also-Ran, Paragon or Pariah?

Anna Gilmore is with the London based European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition.
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Pascal Diethelm introduces the session about the influence of the tobacco industry

Pascal Diethelm is President of OxyRomandie. LISTEN (4 min)

Philipp Müller about Nicotine Vaccines

Philipp Müller is  Executive Vice President Clinical Development of Cytos Biotechnology. He talks about  nicotine vaccines. LISTEN

Nancy Rigotti: Smoking Cessation in Clinical Practice

Nancy Rigotti is Professor of Medicine at Harvard. Her presentation was entitled: 2007 Pharmacotherapy Update.  LISTEN

Australia: Anti-smoking 'Sponge" ad squeezed again

It so successfully turned people off smoking in the 1980s, the tobacco lobby tried to have it banned.
Now, a revamped anti-smoking "sponge" advertisement is to hit TV screens again this weekend, with the New South Wales Government hoping it will be just as effective with a new generation of smokers. LISTEN   WATCH

EU clears Imperial's buy of Altadis

The European Commission on Thursday gave the green light to the purchase by Britain's Imperial Tobacco of Franco-Spanish competitor Altadis.  LISTEN

India, UK Join Growing List of Countries to Require Pictorial Tobacco Warnings

India and the United Kingdom have become the latest countries to require large picture warnings on all packs of cigarettes and other tobacco products, demonstrating global support for this important measure to reduce tobacco use. At least 14 countries now require such pictorial warnings.  LISTEN

Albania : Anti-smoking Law Fails

A smoking ban that was supposed to have gone into force in Albania four months ago has not been implemented, according to a report from the organization for a “Smoke-Free Albania”.  LISTEN

Source: Balkan Investigative Reporting Network

Hungary: New Red Cross director puts spotlight on smoking

New Hungarian Red Cross Director Ágnes Czimbalmos has a tough prescription for Hungary: quit smoking and eat more veggies.  LISTEN
Source: Caboodle.hu the Hungarian Portal

Philippe Boucher interviews Cecilia Farren: a wonderful tobacco control advocate

Cecilia who just started podcasting at the Basel conference has been a wonderful tobacco control advocate since the early 1980s. A lesson in persistence and enthusiasm. LISTEN (10 min)

Cecilia Farren interviews Jonathan Foulds

Jonathan explains to Cecilia his arguments in favor of a harm reduction strategy.
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Janet Reece interviews David Sweanor

David Sweanor is adjunct professor with the Faculty of Law of Ottawa University. He is a former legal counsel of the Non Smokers Rights Association. He talks here about taxes and prices.  LISTEN (9 min)

Interview with Douglas Bettcher

Doug is acting director for the WHO Tobacco Free initiative. LISTEN (20 min)

Cecilia Farren interviews Gerard Hastings

Gerard Hastings is with Cancer Research UK at the University of Stirling in Scotland.  LISTEN (21 min)

Cecilia Farren interviews Karen Gutierrez

Karen Gutierrez is with Global Dialogue for Effective Stop Smoking Campaigns. LISTEN (23 min)

Cecilia Farren interviews Constantin Krasowsky

Our podcaster extraordinaire at the Basel Conference, Cecilia Farren interviews Constantin Krasowsky (from Ukraine).
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She also took his picture.

 

Cora Honing, President of the European Cancer Leagues

ECL is a co-sponsor of the Basel Conference and Cora welcomed the participants during the first plenary session. She also shared her comments with Globalink Radio. LISTEN

Jean King: The role that cancer societies can play in international tobacco control

Jean King of Cancer Research UK delivered a very interesting presentation and talked afterwards with Globalink Radio. LISTEN (17 min)

The Federer-Davidoff connection in Basel: Sign the petition in protest

Pascal Diethelm aks all the conference participants to sign the petition to protest the sponsorship of the Basel International Tennis Tournament by Davidoff and ask Roger Federer not to let use his picture in connexion with Davidoff: while he is a Unicef Ambassador, the Davidoff brand is used by Imperial Tobacco to promote smoking in many countries, especially less privileged ones. 

LISTEN to Pascal (7 min)  En Français (8 min)

From the Basel Conference: Interview with Luk Joossens

Janet Reece and Philippe Boucher interview Luk Joossens for GLOBALink Radio about his presentation rating 30 European countries about their tobacco control achievements. LISTEN (10 min)

Read the report (pdf format): Progress in tobacco control in 30 European countries

USA: On-Screen Smoking In Movies Linked To Young Adult Smoking Behavior

 New study findings show that exposure to on-screen smoking in movies has a strong correlation with beginning to smoke or becoming established smokers among young adults 18-25, a critical age group for lifelong smoking behavior.  LISTEN

China: Broadcasting watchdog to limit smoking scenes in movies and TV series.

CHINA'S broadcasting watchdog has decided to intensify the supervision on smoking scenes in movies and TV series.

In a recent statement released by the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT), censoring institutions and TV drama and film producers were asked to try their best to avoid "unnecessary and long-time smoking scenes." LISTEN

#399 The Lancet: Adding harm reduction to tobacco control.

“There is no good reason why a switch from tobacco products to less harmful nicotine delivery systems should not be encouraged.” So stated a 1991 Lancet Editorial, yet 16 years later cigarettes continue to dominate the nicotine-delivery system market, despite their clear health risks. LISTEN

Australia: More calls to the quitline after smoking ban

Anti-smoking organization, Quit, is reporting a 20 per cent boost in weekend calls to its helpline, since smoking bans were introduced. LISTEN

Ireland: Smoking ban good for music instruments.

Ireland: Smoking ban good for music instruments.  LISTEN

Scotland: More women dying of lung cancer.

MORE Scottish women are dying of lung cancer despite a dramatic fall in the number of men with the disease.  LISTEN

England: Rise in litter after smoking ban

The smoking ban has led to a 43% rise in cigarette butts dropped on pavements in England, a new survey shows. LISTEN

Nicotine Addiction Can Happen Quickly, Researchers Say.

About one in ten youths who start smoking become addicted within a few days of taking their first puff, according to researchers who say that even a single cigarette can lead to addiction. LISTEN

In memoriam: Judith Wilkenfeld.

Judith Wilkenfeld died on May 24, 2007. She was the Vice President for International Affairs for the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. She played a major role in the negociation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Beyond her obituary from the Washington Post we have included a podcast recorded during the World Conference for Cancer Organizations in Dublin, in November 2004, where she explains the FCTC and all the advocacy work she helped organize. LISTEN (7 min)

Youngers smokers call the quitline in New Zealand

According to a new study, younger smokers are calling the quitline in New Zealand. LISTEN

Welcome to the Conference Blog

The Conference Blog is a blog I have started for people who want to blog about/during the upcoming Conference of the Parties that will take place in Bangkok at the end of the month. LISTEN

Counter advertising at the cinema

Will an advertisement targeting the tobacco industry affect young people’s perception of smoking in movies and their intention to smoke? The result of this study is in the soon to be published June issue of Tobacco Control. LISTEN

Italians Smoking More Again

Smoking is back on the rise in Italy after declining in the wake of tough anti-smoking legislation two years ago, a new report has found. LISTEN

Thanks Tobacco: You Killed My Mom

This video has been posted on YouTube. It documents (10 minutes) the ordeal of of a mother having lung cancer and a stroke. LISTEN

In Scotland, smokers in deprived areas struggle to quit

In Scotland, smokers in deprived areas struggle to quit: the number of smokers in deprived areas has not changed, with 41 per cent of the population still hooked. LISTEN
Source: The Scotsman

Western Australia: Don't smoke at home or in your car.

A new campaign by The Cancer Council Western Australia’s Make Smoking History program will encourage parents to make their home and cars smoke free to protect their children from the dangers of second hand smoke. LISTEN
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Quit Goes For The Carotid

Quit Victoria has launched a new graphic TV ad showing a surgical removal of fatty deposits in the neck of a smoker. The goal is to emphasize the risk of stroke for smokers (that was also the theme of the recent media campaign in New South Wales). The ad is also posted on YouTube that tells us the ad will run on TV from May 31 to June 23.  LISTEN

8 TV Ads from California now available on TobaccoFreeCA

The TobaccoFreeCA site now hosts 8 TV ads from past campaigns but there are no direct links so you'll have to go to the page, until geeks find ways to post them on YouTube :) LISTEN

Smoke-free Olympics in China

Tobacco war in China starts with smoke-free Olympic Games. LISTEN

Joondalup (Western Australia) to ban smoking on beaches

Toward a smoking ban on the Joondalup's beaches (in Western Australia).
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