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What format for the FCA Bulletin on line? PDF or blog format?

First let me start by heartfelt congratulations for all those who have contributed to publish day after day the FCA Bulletin: we owe them a great debt for an excellent job of communicating with the COP3 participants. The pdf format is what makes the printing of the bulletin possible so it is obviously a necessary choice for this task.
But when one considers those who are not attending physically COP3 and read the Bulletin on line, I'll argue that the most appropriate/effective format would be/is a blog format.

The FCA Bulletin 85 COP 3 for Saturday 22

The FCA Bulletin 85 for Saturday is available on their site in pdf format.
Page 1: Thank you South Africa!
Page 1: Another COP over... great guidelines but deeper in debt
Page 2: South Africa’s new tobacco control law
Page 2: Smoke-free policies in Laos by Dr. Maniphanh Vongphosy
Page 3: COP-4 host: Uruguay / Milestones along Uruguay’s tobacco-free route
Page 4: La volonté politique, l’unique arme pour l’application de la CCLAT au Sénégal, par Massamba Diouf
Page 5: Points de vente de cigarettes et véhicules: rempart de la publicité de tabac! par Patrick Musavuli
Page 5: Un protocole d’entente entre la BAT et la douane Béninoise: «le gouvernement Béninois dupe», par Augustin Faton (IECT)
Page 6: Tobacco industry fingerprints on India’s health warnings, by Shoba John (HealthBridge India)
Page 6: United Nations headquarters goes smoke-free, by Cassandra Welch and Ami Valdemoro (ACS)
Page 7: Una megaurbe libre de humo de tabaco: un éxito compartido, by Jonathan Romo (Mexico)
Page 7: ‘New Zealand’ brand cigarettes removed from sale, by Shane Kawenata Bradbrook
Page 8: Progress with cigarette pack health warnings, by Rob Cunningham and Joelle Walker (Canadian Cancer Society)

Picture by Djibril Wélé.

The FCA Bulletin 82 COP 3 for Wednesday 19

The FCA Bulletin 82 is available on their site in a pdf format .
Page 1: Time to take reporting seriously.
Page 2: Fenetre ouverte sur la corruption de l'industrie du tabac, par Mark Levin et Mary Assunta
Page 3: No se dejen manipular pour la industria
Page 3: Por un Panama libre de humo de tabaco
Page 4: Tobacco industry transparency essential for effective tobacco control, by Pascal Diethelm
Page 5: Manipulating Africa, by Eric LeGresley
Page 6: Sex and the city, by Melodie Tilson (NSRA Canada)
Page 7: Weak new Chines health warnings now on packages, by Paul Graham
Page 8: Sri Lanka wants total freedom from second-hand smoke, by Olcott Gunasekera

The FCA Bulletin 81 COP 3 for Tuesday 18

The FCA Bulletin 81 is available on their site in a pdf format.

Page 1: It won't be much COP without more resources
Page 2: Status report on Article 8 by the Global Smoke-free partnership, by Gillian Griffith   
Page 3: Inauguration of the Death Clock
Page 4: Malaysia ditches unsustainable tobacco for greener crop, by Mary Assunta
Page 5: Gabon: vers la ratification effective du traité, par Thanguy
Page 6: Towards a completely smokefree environment, by Wayne Hunte (Barbados)
Page 7: Tobacco Industry interference in health policy in Asian countries, by the South East Asia Tobacco Control Alliance
Page 8: Ban tobacco products display at point of sale, by Lynn Greaves (Saskatchewan)

The FCA Bulletin 80 COP 3 for Monday 17

The FCA Bulletin 80 for Monday is available on their site in a pdf format.

Page 1: High standards demanded for the week ahead
Page 2: Momento crucial para el control del tabaco in Mexico
Page 3: New Africa Tobacco Control Initiative unveiled
Page 3: Waling the talk
Page 4: Size matters: more countries increase the size of health warnings. A picture is worth a thousand words.
Page 5: A window on tobacco industry corruption
Page 6: How do you sell death and who gets the Dirty Ashtray and the Orchid Awards.