NEWS
Filipino Islamic Council forbids smoking
June 2010: Tobacco smoking has
been placed under an Islamic fatwa by the Supreme Council of
Darul Ifta of the Philippines, with anyone trading or promoting
the "filthy" product guilty of a sin under Sharia'h law.
See ABS-CBN
report 24/6/10
End smoking by 2020: NZ proposal
May 2010: Opinion
polls show 64% of New Zealand adults support an end to commercial
tobacco sales. With this in mind, End
Smoking NZ trust has proposed a strategy for reducing smoking and
tobacco sales to zero by 2020:
1) increased price per cigarette by increased taxation of tobacco
content per cigarette (NZ parliament in May 2010 increased tax rates by
30% plus);
2) decreased availability by allocation of sales quotas and decreasing
supply steadily;
3) decreased nicotine per cigarette (either by 2 above, or by tax on
nicotine content);
4) permitting the sale of alternative products containing nicotine only
(e-cigarettes).
See more
from EndSmokingNZ
Tobacco
death clock hits 40 million for decade
2008: Tougher worldwide action is needed
to stop Big Tobacco preying on the poorest, says this ASH Australia media
release highlighting figures from the WHO's worldwide
Tobacco Death Clock (see below).
TOBACCO'S WORLDWIDE DEATH TOLL
Tobacco kills one
person every six seconds. It kills more than a third of all its
users; more than half of its long-term users. 5.4 million deaths a
year - and rising. It may kill a billion people this century -
and wreck the health of many more.
Deaths
from smoking
Great website
from UICC (International Union for Cancer Control) and others, featuring slideshows on smoking hazards, benefits of quitting,
messages for middle-aged smokers, world/country impact data, and smoking deaths from 40
(higher-income) countries (including
Australia) and by regional and other groupings.
RESOURCES
See ASH
resources and links - go to "International"
14th World Conference on Tobacco Or
Health 2009
ASH attended this conference in Mumbai, March 8-12, 2009. The conference
declarations included urging the World Health Organisation to
maintain tobacco control as a top priority.
The Global Tobacco Epidemic 2008: WHO
report
The World Health Organisation has
launched the first comprehensive analysis of global tobacco use and
control. A great insight into the scale and nature of this global epidemic,
one of
the great public health threats of modern times - and entirely preventable.
See WHO
report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2008
See full
report and other WHO tobacco publications
Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
WHO treaty to address all areas of tobacco
impacts. Australia has ratified it, among hundreds of countries.
Obligations include 100% smokefree workplaces, comprehensively banning
all tobacco advertising and promotion through all media, and preventing tobacco industry interference in policy-making. See
implementation guide
and summary
World
Cancer Report 2008
Global research review by WHO's International Agency
for Cancer Research. International expert panel updates cancer dangers,
confirms secondhand smoke causes
cancer in non-smokers. Endorses policies including taxation and
smokefree laws. Summary
in IARC
media release 19/12/08
Framework
Convention Alliance
ASH is a member of this alliance of non-governmental organisations
from around the world who worked jointly and separately to support
the development of a strong Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and
continue to push for effective treaty protocols.
Curbing
the Epidemic: Governments and the Economics of Tobacco Control
1999 report from WHO and the World Bank covers the compelling
economic arguments for tobacco-free policies.
Women and
smoking
Women are targets for tobacco companies and tobacco use has a
devastating impact on the lives of women world-wide. The international
network of women against tobacco is a program of the American Cancer
Society.
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