Warning: Second Hand Smoke is Hazardous to your Heart
Secondhand smoke poses a serious and immediate threat to the heart.
Enforcing strong smoking bans protects hearts. “Warning, Secondhand Smoke is Hazardous to Your Heart” is a film made by Global Smokefree Partnership (GSP) to summarize the evidence on secondhand smoke and cardiovascular disease, and point out how smoke-free policy can save lives. It features cardiologists and policymakers from around the world and focuses on the link between tobacco and heart disease.
Where ‘Smoke-Free Isn’t the Norm: Global Tobacco Use Booms in Developing World.
Where ‘Smoke-Free Isn’t the Norm: Global Tobacco Use Booms in Developing World.
SUMMARY
The British medical journal The Lancet studied 14 developing nations and found that nearly half of men and 11 percent of women in those countries use tobacco, mostly smoke products. Jeffrey Brown talks to State University of New York at Buffalo’s Gary Giovino about why some cultures don’t specifically encourage quitting.
Lancet Article Tobacco Use in 2 Billion Individuals from 19 Countries: An Analysis of Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Household Surveys Appendix-2012
Final Presentations
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FINAL – WCTOH-Singpore W1 workshop – Li
FINAL – WCTOH-Singpore W1 workshop – Borland
FINAL – WCTOH-Singapore W1 workshop – Willemsen
FINAL – WCTOH-Singapore W1 workshop – Travers
FINAL – WCTOH-Singapore W1 workshop – Thrasher
FINAL – WCTOH-Singapore W1 workshop – Nargis
FINAL – WCTOH-Singapore W1 workshop – Nagelhout
FINAL – WCTOH-Singapore W1 workshop – Mons
FINAL – WCTOH-Singapore W1 workshop – Cummings #1
FINAL – WCTOH-Singapore W1 workshop – Guindon
FINAL – WCTOH-Singapore W1 workshop – Awang
FINAL – WCTOH-Singapore W1 workshop – Awang
FINAL – WCOTH-Singapore W1 workshop – Lindorff
Smoke-free Policies
Mar 9
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Session Leader: Mark Travers
Presenters: Jim F. Thrasher, PhD, MA, MS
Prof. Marc C. Willemsen, PhD
Developing the Evidence Base for FCTC Policies
Mar 9
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Session Leader: Geoffrey T. Fong, Ph.D.
Presenters: Ute Mons
Gera Nagelhout
Introductions
K. Michael Cummings, PhD MPH
Bio: K. Michael Cummings is trained in public health education and is widely recognized as one of the leading authorities in tobacco epidemiology and smoking cessation. He recently joined the faculty of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) after a 30-year career at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute where he directed a clinical and research center on tobacco control, including the New York State Smokers’ Quitline. At MUSC, he is on the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and he co-leads the tobacco-related research program in the Hollings Cancer Center. Dr. Cummings has authored or co-authored over 300 scientific papers including landmark reports for the Office of the Surgeon General, the NCI, IARC, and the IOM. In the late 1990s, Cummings contributed to digitizing and publishing online previously secret internal tobacco industry documents. Because of his vast expertise in smoking behavior and knowledge of industry documents he has served as an expert witness in legal proceeding against cigarette manufacturers, including proceedings that resulted in the Master Settlement Agreement. In 2009, he was awarded the prestigious Luther Terry award given out by the American Cancer Society in recognition of his research contributions to the field of public health.
Pricing Policies and Contraband
Mar 9
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Session Leader: Frank Chaloupka
Presenters: Rahmat Awang
Ayda Yurekli
Plain Packaging and Health Warnings
Mar 9
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Session Leader: Prof. Ron Borland
Presenters: David Hammond
Kylie Lindorff
3rd Latin American and Caribbean Conference: Tobacco Or Health
October 15-18 2011 in Lima Peru
See flyer for Conference details
The InterAmerican Heart Foundation (IAHF) and the Comisión Nacional Permanente de Lucha Antitabáquica (COLAT) are pleased to announce the 3rd Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Tobacco OR Health and the 1st Peruvian Conference on Tobacco OR Health. Due to the success of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and the tobacco control movement, many countries have enacted tobacco control legislation to protect individuals from the health risks of tobacco related diseases. However, tobacco control policies are increasingly threatened by the actions of the tobacco industry.
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Socio-Economic Variation in Price Minimizing Behaviors: Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey
Oct 3
Authors Andrea S. Licht 1,2,*, Andrew J. Hyland 1, Richard J. O’Connor 1, Frank J. Chaloupka 3, Ron Borland 4, Geoffrey T. Fong 5,6, Nigar Nargis 5 and K. Michael Cummings Date 2011 Publication Link http://www.ihrp.uic.edu/content/socioeconomic-variation-price-minimizing-behaviors-findings-international-tobacco-control-it Research Category behavior Country 4-country Abstract This paper examines how socio-economic status (SES) modifies how smokers adjust to changes […]
Predictors of what smokers say they will do in response to future price increases
Sep 28
Authors Ross H, Blecher E, Yan L, Cummings KM. Date June 2011 Publication Link http://ntr.oxfordjournals.org/content/13/6/419.full Research Category Future thinking Country 4-Country Abstract INTRODUCTION:Given the impact of higher tobacco prices on smoking cessation, we studied the role of future cigarette prices on forming expectation about smoking behavior. METHODS:Using a random sample of 9,058 adult cigarette smokers from the United […]
Knowledge of health effects and intentions to quit among smokeless tobacco users in India: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation (ITC) India Pilot Survey.
Sep 28
Authors Raute LJ, Sansone G, Pednekar MS, Fong GT, Gupta PC, Quah AC, Bansal-Travers M, Sinha DN. Date 2011 Publication Link http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21875273 Research Category Cessation – Smokeless Country India Abstract PDF Link Citation Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2011;12(5):1233-8.
Effectiveness of the European Union text-only cigarette health warnings: findings from four countries. 2011. The
Sep 27
Authors Hitchman SC, Mons U, Nagelhout GE, Guignard R, McNeill A, Willemsen MC, Driezen P, Wilquin JL, Beck F, Du-Roscöat E, Pötschke-Langer M, Hammond D, Fong GT. Date September 15, 2011 Publication Link pub med Research Category Warning Labels Country European Abstract BACKGROUND: The European Commission requires tobacco products sold in the European Union to display standardized text health warnings. This article examines the effectiveness of the […]
Australian smokers increasingly use help to quit, but number of attempts remains stable: Findings from the International Tobacco Control study 2002-2009
Sep 27
Authors Cooper J, Borland R, Yong HH. Date August 2011 Publication Link Pub Med Research Category Cessation Country Australia Abstract To assess interest in quitting smoking and quitting activity, and the use of pharmacotherapy and behavioural cessation support, among Australian smokers between 2002 and 2009. METHODS: Data were taken from 3303 daily smokers taking part in a minimum […]
How do price minimizing behaviors impact smoking cessation? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey
Sep 27
Authors Licht AS, Hyland AJ, O’Connor RJ, Chaloupka FJ, Borland R, Fong GT, Nargis N, Cummings KM. Date May 2011 Publication Link http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21655144 Research Category Cessation Country 4-country Abstract Abstract This paper examines how price minimizing behaviors impact efforts to stop smoking. Data on 4,988 participants from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation (ITC) Four-Country Survey who were smokers at baseline (wave […]
Trends in beliefs about the harmfulness and use of stop-smoking medications and smokeless tobacco products among cigarettes smokers: Findings from the ITC four-country survey
Sep 20
Authors Borland R, Cooper J, McNeill A, O’Connor R, Cummings KM. Date August 2011 Publication Link http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/8/1/21 Research Category Cessation Country 4-country Abstract ABSTRACT:BACKGROUND:Evidence shows that smokers are generally misinformed about the relative harmfulness of nicotine, and smokeless forms of nicotine delivery in relation to smoked tobacco. This study explores changing trends in the beliefs about the harmfulness and […]
