Presentation by Layla Theiner (Head of Public Affairs and Campaigning, Cancer Research UK) on the occasion of the EESC hearing on Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (Brussels, 19 Feb 2013).
The Regulation of Nicotine-Containing Products - Jeremy Mean - E-Cigarette Su...Lindsay Fox
The regulation of Nicotine-Containing Products (NCPs)
Slides from Jeremy Means' presentation at the E-Cigarette Summit, London November 12, 2013.
Full summary of the E-Cigarette Summit: http://ecigarettereviewed.com/e-cigarette-summit-london-summary
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Harm reduction, the profit motive and tobacco industry tactics Why caution is necessary
Slides from Deborah Arnott's presentation at the E-Cigarette Summit, London November 12, 2013.
Full summary of the E-Cigarette Summit: http://ecigarettereviewed.com/e-cigarette-summit-london-summary
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1) E-cigarettes are mostly used by smokers and help some quit or reduce smoking. Regular use by non-smokers has not been documented. E-cigarettes are less toxic than cigarettes.
2) Regulations of e-cigarettes vary by country and are currently evolving. The document discusses potential regulations as tobacco products, medications, or consumer products.
3) Regulating e-cigarettes as medications poses several problems and may stifle innovation, give the market to big tobacco, and result in fewer smokers quitting. Consumer product regulation with additional safety standards may better balance public health and individual freedom.
Bulgaria has a high rate of tobacco use, especially among men. It has implemented some but not all tobacco control policies recommended by the WHO. Health warnings cover 35% of cigarette packages and describe harmful effects, but plain packaging and advertising bans have exceptions. Treatment for tobacco dependence is available but not fully covered by insurance. Mass media campaigns have increased awareness but not all were evaluated for effectiveness.
There is growing concern over the consistency of youth tobacco use rates over the past few years across Canada. In Saskatchewan, this trend is particularly troubling, as tobacco use rates in the province are consistently greater than the national average. A popular hypothesis is that the availability of flavoured products is to blame.
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1) E-cigarettes are mostly used by smokers and help some quit or reduce smoking. Regular use by non-smokers has not been documented. E-cigarettes are less toxic than cigarettes.
2) Regulations of e-cigarettes vary by country and are currently evolving. The document discusses potential regulations as tobacco products, medications, or consumer products.
3) Regulating e-cigarettes as medications poses several problems and may stifle innovation, give the market to big tobacco, and result in fewer smokers quitting. Consumer product regulation with additional safety standards may better balance public health and individual freedom.
Bulgaria has a high rate of tobacco use, especially among men. It has implemented some but not all tobacco control policies recommended by the WHO. Health warnings cover 35% of cigarette packages and describe harmful effects, but plain packaging and advertising bans have exceptions. Treatment for tobacco dependence is available but not fully covered by insurance. Mass media campaigns have increased awareness but not all were evaluated for effectiveness.
There is growing concern over the consistency of youth tobacco use rates over the past few years across Canada. In Saskatchewan, this trend is particularly troubling, as tobacco use rates in the province are consistently greater than the national average. A popular hypothesis is that the availability of flavoured products is to blame.
This document outlines smoking prevalence rates and policies in Northern Ireland. It discusses the goals of the 10-year tobacco strategy to reduce smoking rates to 15% of adults, 3% of 11-16 year olds, 9% of pregnant women, and 20% of manual workers by 2020. The strategy aims to prevent smoking uptake, support quitting, and protect people from secondhand smoke. It also outlines policies to de-normalize smoking, restrict youth access to tobacco, regulate e-cigarettes, and implement the EU Tobacco Products Directive.
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The Tobacco Control Scale (TCS) is over 10 years old and widely cited. It scores countries on 6 tobacco control policies shown to be effective: prices, smoke-free laws, cessation support, warnings, advertising bans, and funding. The TCS has been updated over time based on new data and feedback. While a useful tool, it has limitations like unreliable responses and difficulties measuring enforcement. Future revisions may consider additional policies and address comments on methodology. The TCS aims to systematically compare tobacco control across countries and encourage stronger policies.
E-Cigarettes a Disruptive Public Health Phenomenon - Professor Antoine FlahaultLindsay Fox
E-cigarettes are a disruptive public health phenomenon that requires consideration of ethics, risks, and the precautionary principle. The precautionary principle calls for caution in the face of uncertainty and cost-effective measures to prevent harm, even without full scientific certainty. While e-cigarettes' risks are uncertain, cigarettes definitively cause death and disease. Lack of certainty on e-cigarettes should not prevent recommending them as part of tobacco control until long-term effects are known, as they may dramatically reduce risks compared to cigarettes.
This document summarizes the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and its decisions around e-cigarettes. It discusses how the FCTC works, including its Conference of Parties meetings where decisions are made by consensus. At COP6 in 2012, a report on e-cigarettes was presented outlining regulatory objectives and options. The decision welcomed the report and invited parties to consider regulations, while also requesting another report on e-cigarettes for COP7 to further examine the issues. The UK's regulation of e-cigarettes is guided by decisions at the EU level.
The document discusses the European Tobacco Products Directive. Some key points:
- The Directive provides stronger regulation of tobacco products, ingredients, additives, and disclosure requirements. It aims to improve public health protection across the EU.
- Products like cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, e-cigarettes, and novel products will be regulated. Ingredients giving flavors or health impressions will be restricted. Misleading packaging and labeling will be prohibited.
- Implementation and monitoring plans include collecting industry data, tracking products, and evaluating the Directive's public health impact over 5 years using cohort and survey studies across 6 EU member states.
Presentation by Peter van der Mark (Secretary-General, European Smoking Tobacco Associations (ESTA)) on the occasion of the EESC hearing on Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (Brussels, 19 Feb 2013).
The document provides information on the tobacco industry in India. It discusses that tobacco is prepared from cured tobacco plant leaves and is used in smoke and smokeless products. It also outlines the oldest and youngest companies in the industry, their factory locations, competitors, employment details, exports, contribution to national income, government policies, pricing techniques, product life cycle, and market structure of the industry.
This document provides an overview of smoking in India and strategies to combat it. Some key points:
- Smoking kills over 1 million Indians annually and rates are increasing. It causes many diseases and premature death.
- Peer pressure, desire to fit in, and stress/mental health issues drive youth smoking despite health education.
- Objectives include reducing youth smoking initiation and exposure, empowering communities, and promoting partnerships between NGOs and government.
- Proposed strategies involve preventing smoking through education, helping current smokers quit by increasing barriers and support, with a focus on youth, females, and high-risk groups. Budgets, media allocation, and segmentation of audiences are also discussed.
Hemant Goswami talked about the "Economics of Smokeless Form of Tobacco." This presentation is part of the talk about how smokeless variant of tobacco is overtaking the smoked version of tobacco. Strategies and possible actions are also being discussed.
The document discusses tobacco cessation and control. It outlines the diseases caused by smoking in both children and adults. It recommends offering help to quit tobacco use through cessation advice, legislation, and pharmacological therapy. Health professionals have an important role to play in tobacco control through advising patients, promoting tobacco-free policies, and building cessation infrastructure. Brief counseling and motivational interventions can help patients quit smoking. Government initiatives like the COTPA act have implemented various bans and warnings. Increasing tobacco taxes and prices is also effective for reducing consumption. The National Tobacco Control Programme aims to reduce tobacco use in India.
Tobacco use, legislation and health implications2.pptxOpeyemi Muyiwa
This document provides an overview of tobacco use in Nigeria, including legislation and health implications. It discusses the epidemiology of tobacco use in Nigeria, including regional smoking prevalence rates. Tobacco legislation in Nigeria, including the 1990 Tobacco Decree and 2015 Tobacco Control Act, is outlined. Challenges to enforcing tobacco control regulations in Nigeria are also summarized.
NATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAMME [Autosaved].pptxbharatibakde1
The National Tobacco Control Programme was launched in 2007-2008 in India to address the growing issue of tobacco use and related deaths and diseases. The objectives of the program are to increase awareness of the harms of tobacco, implement tobacco control laws like the COTPA 2003, and minimize tobacco consumption and related deaths. The program is implemented at national, state, and district levels and focuses on public awareness campaigns, enforcing advertising bans and youth access laws, and establishing tobacco cessation centers. While the program has led to a reduction in tobacco use prevalence, continued challenges include patient lack of motivation to quit and policy issues around tax increases and enforcement.
The document discusses the relationship between the World Trade Organization (WTO) and public health. It provides an overview of the WTO, including its structure and agreements. It then examines 8 specific health issues - infectious disease control, food safety, tobacco control, environment, access to drugs and vaccines, health services, food security and nutrition, and emerging issues - and how they interact with or are addressed by WTO agreements. The conclusion emphasizes that the WTO dispute settlement body has enabled the continued free trade while also allowing countries to regulate issues like taxing imports to make essential goods more affordable.
According to a Lancet study (2012), in India, tobacco-related cancers represented 42·0% of male and 18·3% of female cancer deaths
India also has one of the highest rates of oral cancer in the world as the consequence of high prevalence of smokeless tobacco use
This presentation is a take on what local authorities can do on reducing smoking in a world where e-cigarettes are and important tool . For the Public Policy Exchange Conference on July 12th 2016.
Understanding And Addressing Nicotine Addiction: A Science-Based Approach to ...Center on Addiction
Nicotine is a highly addictive substance that not only perpetuates tobacco use, the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States, but also has its own adverse effects. Nicotine addiction is a chronic and relapsing disease and the prevalence of nicotine addiction is higher than that of alcohol and other drug addiction. The use of nicotine-containing products not only is associated with developing nicotine addiction, but also with using and becoming addicted to alcohol and other drugs.
Despite the decline in recent years in the use of cigarettes, the use of alternative, non-cigarette nicotine products has been rising dramatically. While the overall harm of these products appears to be considerably lower than the harms associated with cigarette use, all nicotine-containing products carry the risk of addiction and other adverse health effects and, therefore, are a threat to the public health.
International Use of Smokeless Tobacco and Other Tobacco Products (2006)Elizabeth E. Brait
1. Smokeless tobacco and other tobacco products are widely used globally in a variety of forms, with prevalence varying significantly between regions and countries.
2. These products carry significant health risks like oral cancer and lesions, cardiovascular disease, and addiction to nicotine.
3. Tobacco companies recognize opportunities to target new demographics like women and populations in developing countries with limited tobacco control.
In South Africa, we’re concerned about the burden of tobacco and especially about the tactics adopted by the tobacco industry to target youth. Research shows tobacco use is often initiated and established during adolescence and young adulthood.”
Smoking remains a major preventable cause of disease and premature death globally. Read more http://www.cansa.org.za/avoid-tobacco/
The document discusses smoking and tobacco use. It defines different types of smoked tobacco like cigarettes, cigars, and pipes. It explains that tobacco contains nicotine, a highly addictive and toxic stimulant. The document then discusses why people take up smoking, often as teenagers due to social influences and tobacco advertising exposure. It lists some of the over 7,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, including 250 that are known to be harmful and 69 that cause cancer. The document concludes by discussing efforts to ban smoking in public places and how advertising laws aim to restrict tobacco marketing messages.
World No Tobacco Day is observed annually on May 31st to draw attention to the health hazards of tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure. It is an initiative of the World Health Organization aimed at encouraging 24 hours of tobacco abstinence worldwide. The day highlights the over 6 million annual deaths caused by tobacco, including 600,000 from non-smokers breathing secondhand smoke. The WHO oversees the annual theme and campaign materials to promote a unified message against tobacco use. The 2016 theme focuses on plain packaging of tobacco products. Events held around the world encourage communities to celebrate in their own way through educational and activist activities.
Eurocare recommendations for EU alcohol strategy, Mariann SkarIrish Cancer Society
The document outlines recommendations from Eurocare, a European alcohol policy alliance, for an EU alcohol strategy. Some key points include:
1. Eurocare has grown to 55 member organizations across 24 countries to advocate for alcohol policy reforms.
2. Countries take different approaches to regulating alcohol marketing, from total bans to "watershed" hours where advertising is prohibited.
3. Price increases on alcohol across the EU have not kept up with inflation since 1992, and wine has a zero excise duty in some places.
4. Stronger regulations are needed around alcohol availability, labelling, drink driving limits, and creating safer environments to reduce alcohol-related harms.
The cigarette industry in India has grown significantly over time and provides livelihood to over 45 million people. Cigarette production and exports have increased substantially from 2001-2014. However, cigarette demand has declined in recent years due to increasing taxes. The cigarette market exhibits characteristics of an oligopoly, with a few major companies controlling a large majority of the market. Higher taxes have been shown to effectively reduce smoking rates, especially among youth and the poor. The cigarette industry remains an important sector for the Indian economy but also faces numerous regulatory restrictions to curb smoking.
This document discusses plain packaging requirements for tobacco products and the related rights of trademark owners. It provides an introduction to plain packaging, defines various types of tobacco products, and outlines the benefits of plain packaging such as reducing false beliefs about brand safety and decreasing appeal to youth. It also lists countries that have adopted plain packaging laws and discusses Australia's plain packaging legislation and its upholding by courts. The document examines arguments that plain packaging infringes on trademark rights and discusses responses from organizations like the WTO, WHO, and courts. It concludes that plain packaging can help consumers focus on health warnings by reducing misleading branding, which is especially important for protecting India's large vulnerable tobacco consuming population.
Presentation by Vito Spinelli (Consultant in the ESCO secretariat, DG EMPL) on the occasion of the EESC Seminar on 'Delivering on Skills' organised in Brussels on 17 November 2014.
Presentation Michael HORGAN (Policy officer at DG EAC) on the occasion of the EESC Seminar on 'Delivering on Skills' organised in Brussels on 17 November 2014.
This document summarizes the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and its decisions around e-cigarettes. It discusses how the FCTC works, including its Conference of Parties meetings where decisions are made by consensus. At COP6 in 2012, a report on e-cigarettes was presented outlining regulatory objectives and options. The decision welcomed the report and invited parties to consider regulations, while also requesting another report on e-cigarettes for COP7 to further examine the issues. The UK's regulation of e-cigarettes is guided by decisions at the EU level.
The document discusses the European Tobacco Products Directive. Some key points:
- The Directive provides stronger regulation of tobacco products, ingredients, additives, and disclosure requirements. It aims to improve public health protection across the EU.
- Products like cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, e-cigarettes, and novel products will be regulated. Ingredients giving flavors or health impressions will be restricted. Misleading packaging and labeling will be prohibited.
- Implementation and monitoring plans include collecting industry data, tracking products, and evaluating the Directive's public health impact over 5 years using cohort and survey studies across 6 EU member states.
Presentation by Peter van der Mark (Secretary-General, European Smoking Tobacco Associations (ESTA)) on the occasion of the EESC hearing on Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (Brussels, 19 Feb 2013).
The document provides information on the tobacco industry in India. It discusses that tobacco is prepared from cured tobacco plant leaves and is used in smoke and smokeless products. It also outlines the oldest and youngest companies in the industry, their factory locations, competitors, employment details, exports, contribution to national income, government policies, pricing techniques, product life cycle, and market structure of the industry.
This document provides an overview of smoking in India and strategies to combat it. Some key points:
- Smoking kills over 1 million Indians annually and rates are increasing. It causes many diseases and premature death.
- Peer pressure, desire to fit in, and stress/mental health issues drive youth smoking despite health education.
- Objectives include reducing youth smoking initiation and exposure, empowering communities, and promoting partnerships between NGOs and government.
- Proposed strategies involve preventing smoking through education, helping current smokers quit by increasing barriers and support, with a focus on youth, females, and high-risk groups. Budgets, media allocation, and segmentation of audiences are also discussed.
Hemant Goswami talked about the "Economics of Smokeless Form of Tobacco." This presentation is part of the talk about how smokeless variant of tobacco is overtaking the smoked version of tobacco. Strategies and possible actions are also being discussed.
The document discusses tobacco cessation and control. It outlines the diseases caused by smoking in both children and adults. It recommends offering help to quit tobacco use through cessation advice, legislation, and pharmacological therapy. Health professionals have an important role to play in tobacco control through advising patients, promoting tobacco-free policies, and building cessation infrastructure. Brief counseling and motivational interventions can help patients quit smoking. Government initiatives like the COTPA act have implemented various bans and warnings. Increasing tobacco taxes and prices is also effective for reducing consumption. The National Tobacco Control Programme aims to reduce tobacco use in India.
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This document provides an overview of tobacco use in Nigeria, including legislation and health implications. It discusses the epidemiology of tobacco use in Nigeria, including regional smoking prevalence rates. Tobacco legislation in Nigeria, including the 1990 Tobacco Decree and 2015 Tobacco Control Act, is outlined. Challenges to enforcing tobacco control regulations in Nigeria are also summarized.
NATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAMME [Autosaved].pptxbharatibakde1
The National Tobacco Control Programme was launched in 2007-2008 in India to address the growing issue of tobacco use and related deaths and diseases. The objectives of the program are to increase awareness of the harms of tobacco, implement tobacco control laws like the COTPA 2003, and minimize tobacco consumption and related deaths. The program is implemented at national, state, and district levels and focuses on public awareness campaigns, enforcing advertising bans and youth access laws, and establishing tobacco cessation centers. While the program has led to a reduction in tobacco use prevalence, continued challenges include patient lack of motivation to quit and policy issues around tax increases and enforcement.
The document discusses the relationship between the World Trade Organization (WTO) and public health. It provides an overview of the WTO, including its structure and agreements. It then examines 8 specific health issues - infectious disease control, food safety, tobacco control, environment, access to drugs and vaccines, health services, food security and nutrition, and emerging issues - and how they interact with or are addressed by WTO agreements. The conclusion emphasizes that the WTO dispute settlement body has enabled the continued free trade while also allowing countries to regulate issues like taxing imports to make essential goods more affordable.
According to a Lancet study (2012), in India, tobacco-related cancers represented 42·0% of male and 18·3% of female cancer deaths
India also has one of the highest rates of oral cancer in the world as the consequence of high prevalence of smokeless tobacco use
This presentation is a take on what local authorities can do on reducing smoking in a world where e-cigarettes are and important tool . For the Public Policy Exchange Conference on July 12th 2016.
Understanding And Addressing Nicotine Addiction: A Science-Based Approach to ...Center on Addiction
Nicotine is a highly addictive substance that not only perpetuates tobacco use, the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States, but also has its own adverse effects. Nicotine addiction is a chronic and relapsing disease and the prevalence of nicotine addiction is higher than that of alcohol and other drug addiction. The use of nicotine-containing products not only is associated with developing nicotine addiction, but also with using and becoming addicted to alcohol and other drugs.
Despite the decline in recent years in the use of cigarettes, the use of alternative, non-cigarette nicotine products has been rising dramatically. While the overall harm of these products appears to be considerably lower than the harms associated with cigarette use, all nicotine-containing products carry the risk of addiction and other adverse health effects and, therefore, are a threat to the public health.
International Use of Smokeless Tobacco and Other Tobacco Products (2006)Elizabeth E. Brait
1. Smokeless tobacco and other tobacco products are widely used globally in a variety of forms, with prevalence varying significantly between regions and countries.
2. These products carry significant health risks like oral cancer and lesions, cardiovascular disease, and addiction to nicotine.
3. Tobacco companies recognize opportunities to target new demographics like women and populations in developing countries with limited tobacco control.
In South Africa, we’re concerned about the burden of tobacco and especially about the tactics adopted by the tobacco industry to target youth. Research shows tobacco use is often initiated and established during adolescence and young adulthood.”
Smoking remains a major preventable cause of disease and premature death globally. Read more http://www.cansa.org.za/avoid-tobacco/
The document discusses smoking and tobacco use. It defines different types of smoked tobacco like cigarettes, cigars, and pipes. It explains that tobacco contains nicotine, a highly addictive and toxic stimulant. The document then discusses why people take up smoking, often as teenagers due to social influences and tobacco advertising exposure. It lists some of the over 7,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, including 250 that are known to be harmful and 69 that cause cancer. The document concludes by discussing efforts to ban smoking in public places and how advertising laws aim to restrict tobacco marketing messages.
World No Tobacco Day is observed annually on May 31st to draw attention to the health hazards of tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure. It is an initiative of the World Health Organization aimed at encouraging 24 hours of tobacco abstinence worldwide. The day highlights the over 6 million annual deaths caused by tobacco, including 600,000 from non-smokers breathing secondhand smoke. The WHO oversees the annual theme and campaign materials to promote a unified message against tobacco use. The 2016 theme focuses on plain packaging of tobacco products. Events held around the world encourage communities to celebrate in their own way through educational and activist activities.
Eurocare recommendations for EU alcohol strategy, Mariann SkarIrish Cancer Society
The document outlines recommendations from Eurocare, a European alcohol policy alliance, for an EU alcohol strategy. Some key points include:
1. Eurocare has grown to 55 member organizations across 24 countries to advocate for alcohol policy reforms.
2. Countries take different approaches to regulating alcohol marketing, from total bans to "watershed" hours where advertising is prohibited.
3. Price increases on alcohol across the EU have not kept up with inflation since 1992, and wine has a zero excise duty in some places.
4. Stronger regulations are needed around alcohol availability, labelling, drink driving limits, and creating safer environments to reduce alcohol-related harms.
The cigarette industry in India has grown significantly over time and provides livelihood to over 45 million people. Cigarette production and exports have increased substantially from 2001-2014. However, cigarette demand has declined in recent years due to increasing taxes. The cigarette market exhibits characteristics of an oligopoly, with a few major companies controlling a large majority of the market. Higher taxes have been shown to effectively reduce smoking rates, especially among youth and the poor. The cigarette industry remains an important sector for the Indian economy but also faces numerous regulatory restrictions to curb smoking.
This document discusses plain packaging requirements for tobacco products and the related rights of trademark owners. It provides an introduction to plain packaging, defines various types of tobacco products, and outlines the benefits of plain packaging such as reducing false beliefs about brand safety and decreasing appeal to youth. It also lists countries that have adopted plain packaging laws and discusses Australia's plain packaging legislation and its upholding by courts. The document examines arguments that plain packaging infringes on trademark rights and discusses responses from organizations like the WTO, WHO, and courts. It concludes that plain packaging can help consumers focus on health warnings by reducing misleading branding, which is especially important for protecting India's large vulnerable tobacco consuming population.
Presentation by Vito Spinelli (Consultant in the ESCO secretariat, DG EMPL) on the occasion of the EESC Seminar on 'Delivering on Skills' organised in Brussels on 17 November 2014.
Presentation Michael HORGAN (Policy officer at DG EAC) on the occasion of the EESC Seminar on 'Delivering on Skills' organised in Brussels on 17 November 2014.
Presentation by Felix Rohn (Policy officer at DG EAC) on the occasion of the EESC Seminar on 'Delivering on Skills' organised in Brussels on 17 November 2014.
The document discusses targeted mobility schemes in the European Union to help young people ages 18-35 find jobs and address skills shortages. It specifically mentions the "Your First Eures Job" program which aims to facilitate 5,000 job placements across Europe by the end of 2016 through customized services and direct financial support covering all stages of recruitment, including pre-recruitment, recruitment, and post-recruitment.
Presentation by Michael Guet, Council of Europe, on the occasion of the EESC conference on 'Better Roma inclusion through civil society initiatives: focus on education, employment, housing and antidiscrimination' (Brussels, 7 November 2014).
Presentation by Michael Guet, Council of Europe, on the occasion of the EESC conference on 'Better Roma inclusion through civil society initiatives: focus on education, employment, housing and antidiscrimination' (Brussels, 7 November 2014).
Presentation by Michael Guet, Council of Europe, on the occasion of the EESC conference on 'Better Roma inclusion through civil society initiatives: focus on education, employment, housing and antidiscrimination' (Brussels, 7 November 2014).
Presentation by Dan Pavel Doghi, Roma Education Fund, on the occasion of the EESC conference on 'Better Roma inclusion through civil society initiatives: focus on education, employment, housing and antidiscrimination' (Brussels, 7 November 2014).
Presentation by Szilvia Kalman, European Commission, DG EAC, on the occasion of the EESC conference on 'Better Roma inclusion through civil society initiatives: focus on education, employment, housing and antidiscrimination' (Brussels, 7 November 2014).
Presentation by Dominique Bé, European Commission, DG EMPL, on the occasion of the EESC conference on 'Better Roma inclusion through civil society initiatives: focus on education, employment, housing and antidiscrimination' (Brussels, 7 November 2014).
Presentation by Andor Urmos, DG REGIO, on the occasion of the EESC conference on 'Better Roma inclusion through civil society initiatives: focus on education, employment, housing and antidiscrimination' (Brussels, 7 November 2014).
Presentation by Wiet van Meel, volunteer sustainable development advisor to Coöperatieve Esbeek and professional occupation at Pontifax and Coopnet, on the occasion of the EESC conference on "Social economy and social innovation as drivers of competitiveness, growth and social well-being - Perspecitves and priorities for the new Commission and the European Parliament" (Brussels, 1 October 2014)
Presentation by Matthew Brown, Manager of The Wales Council for Voluntary Actions, Communities Investment Fund, on the occasion of the EESC conference on "Social economy and social innovation as drivers of competitiveness, growth and social well-being - Perspecitves and priorities for the new Commission and the European Parliament" (Brussels, 1 October 2014)
Presentation by Julie Savary, Head of Mission, Cabinet of the Presidency - Le mutual Groupe MGEN, France, on the occasion of the EESC conference on "Social economy and social innovation as drivers of competitiveness, growth and social well-being - Perspecitves and priorities for the new Commission and the European Parliament" (Brussels, 1 October 2014)
Presentation by Sarah Cook, Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, United Nations, on the occasion of the EESC conference on "Social economy and social innovation as drivers of competitiveness, growth and social well-being - Perspecitves and priorities for the new Commission and the European Parliament" (Brussels, 1 October 2014)
Presentation by Antonella Noya, Senior Policy Analyst, OECD, on the occasion of the EESC conference on "Social economy and social innovation as drivers of competitiveness, growth and social well-being - Perspecitves and priorities for the new Commission and the European Parliament" (Brussels, 1 October 2014)
Presentation by Xavier Le Mounier, Policy Officer (Innovation Policy for Growth), DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission, on the occasion of the EESC conference on "Social economy and social innovation as drivers of competitiveness, growth and social well-being - Perspecitves and priorities for the new Commission and the European Parliament" (Brussels, 1 October 2014)
Presentation by Apostolos Ioakimidis, Policy Officer (Entrepreunership 2020 Cooperatives, Mutuals, Social Enterprises, Family Businesses), DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission, on the occasion of the EESC conference on "Social economy and social innovation as drivers of competitiveness, growth and social well-being - Perspecitves and priorities for the new Commission and the European Parliament" (Brussels, 1 October 2014)
Presentation by Peter Lambreghts, EDF Board member & European Network of Independent Living,on the occasion of the EESC SOC section conference on Civil society perspectives on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in Brussels on 2 October 2014.
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Specific aspects of the proposal
1. SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF
THE PROPOSAL
FEBRUARY 2013
LAYLA THEINER
SEVERAL SLIDES PROVIDED BY DEBORAH ARNOTT, ASH
2. Who we are
• Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading cancer charity
dedicated to saving lives through research
• Our groundbreaking work includes research into prevention,
diagnosis and treatment of cancer
• Our research, entirely funded by the public, is critical to ensuring
more people beat cancer
• Fund, and work with, Smoke Free Partnership (SFP) and Action
on Smoking and Health (ASH) on tobacco issues
3. Making smoking attractive and
addictive
• Tobacco companies target
children – 8/10 of UK smokers
started while under 19
• Product design key
• Ingredients in the form of
flavourings and additives are
used to make cigarettes more
attractive to children and
young people, easier to smoke
and more addictive
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5. Labelling
• A need for improved consumer information
• Strong evidence that picture warnings encourage smokers to
think about quitting and are more salient than text warnings
6. Provision in current directive on additives and
ingredients
“Member States may provide for the prohibition of the use of ingredients which
have the effect of increasing the addictive properties of tobacco products, since
the use of such ingredients may undermine the limits on nicotine levels laid down
in this Directive.”
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32001L0037:EN:NOT
7. Draft directive
• Mandatory graphic warnings
• Graphic warnings covering both sides of the pack
• Graphic warnings positioned at the top of the pack
• Annual rotation and equal exposure of health warnings
• General provision on the shape of packs and opening method
• Ban on misleading elements
• Restriction on diameter of cigarettes
• Ban on slims and super slims
• Cessation services included in health warnings
• Misleading TNCO label replaced with general warning on
toxicity
8. Draft directive - concerns
• Graphic warnings covering only 75% of the main surfaces of the pack (80%
would be preferable)
• No plain packaging but scope for member states
• Member states cannot increase the size of warnings
• Border included in total area of warning – in current TPD it is in addition to
it
• Smaller size and text-only warnings for products other than cigarettes and
RYO
• Limited standardisation of pack size and shape
• The right of MS to adopt stricter measures should be clearer
• Smaller size and text-only warnings for products other than cigarettes and
RYO
8
9. Flavoured cigarettes
• Flavourings make cigarettes
easier to smoke – more
‘palatable’ particularly to new
smokers = children and young
people
• How can it be acceptable for
cigarettes to have ice cream,
candy and fruit flavours like
caramel, vanilla, mint
strawberry, cherry and grape.
• Examples in Europe include
pink elephant (vanilla) and
black devil
10. Tobacco industry tactics
• The tobacco industry is funding and fuelling lobbying to
prevent a ban on flavourings in the EU
• Using the tobacco growers to fight on their behalf
• Key argument that banning flavours = banning the growing of
Burley tobacco
• Burley tobacco is the most common tobacco in Europe
11. Why will prohibiting ingredients
discriminate against growers?
Myth : Banning • Unitab – international
union of tobacco farmers
flavours = banning
• ITGA - International
tobacco growing in
tobacco growers
Europe association
“Burley and Oriental tobacco
varieties which represent 55%
of Europe’s tobacco production
are used in traditional blend
cigarettes, a product that
requires the addition of
ingredients.”
12. Why will it discriminate against
growers?
Myth Reality
“Burley and Oriental Burley tobacco can and is
tobacco varieties which used without additives in
represent 55% of the form of flavours, in
Europe’s tobacco Canada, Thailand and
production are used in France.
traditional blend
cigarettes, a product that
requires the addition of
ingredients.”
13. US-style cigarettes with burley still sold
in Canada with flavours ban
Note: All packages purchased November 10-12, 2010. Marlboro special Performance
Edition pack purchased in Oct. 2010.
14. WHO Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control
• One of most rapidly and widely embraced Treaties in UN
history with 176 Parties
• Including the European Community and all Member States
• Guidelines on ingredient regulation adopted November 2010 at
the 4th Conference of the Parties
• Guidelines while not legally binding set international standards
• Also Article 5.3
15. WHO FCTC – Article 9 and 10
guidelines
Recommend that:
• Parties should regulate, by prohibiting or restricting, ingredients
that may be used to increase palatability in tobacco products.
• Ingredients indispensable for the manufacturing of tobacco
products and not linked to attractiveness should be subject to
regulation according to national law.
• Parties should prohibit or restrict ingredients that have colouring
properties in tobacco products.
• Parties should prohibit ingredients in tobacco products that may
create the impression that they have a health benefit.
• Parties should prohibit ingredients associated with energy and
vitality, such as stimulant compounds, in tobacco products.
16. Our views on other myths that need to be
countered
• Ingredient regulation will NOT destroy tobacco
growing and jobs in the EU, but also
• Tobacco growing is NOT essential for the EU’s Roma
inclusion strategy
• Mafia and organised crime will NOT benefit as
contraband will grow
• This is NOT going to significantly threaten livelihoods
in Africa
• Regulating ingredients is NOT political correctness
17. Tobacco growing in the EU
• 12/27 MS grow tobacco Leading EU producers
• EU = 4.1% of world • Italy 8th
production but in decline • Bulgaria 15th
• CAP reform has reduced • Poland
subsidies 2004-2010 EU
• Spain
15 production -50%
• Also Greece, France,
• New MS producers mean
Germany, Portugal,
total production still
Belgium, Slovakia,
similar to 2004
Hungary, Romania
• In 2013 when subsidies
end production expected
to fall significantly
18. Draft directive – Additives and flavourings
We support:
• Ban on flavourings in tobacco products including smokeless
• Ban on misleading additives e.g. vitamins
• Ban on features that allow modification of smoke taste or
intensity
We are considering the impact of the following proposals:
• Exemption for products other than cigarettes, RYO and
smokeless
• Ban on addictive ingredients left to Member States
19. Draft directive – other aspects
• No regulation of the display of tobacco products at the point of sale
• Introduction of unique tracking and tracing features on tobacco packets
• Tobacco industry control over the implementation of the tracking and
tracing system is against the provisions of the International Protocol on
Illicit Trade
• Member States allowed to introduce stronger regulations if justified by
health objectives.
• In the absence of plain packaging at EU level (which preferable), this is not
sufficiently clear with regards to Member States’ possibility to introduce
plain packaging.
• Some controls on Internet sales
• No ban on cross-border distance sales to consumers
20. Summary of key points
• Labelling is a marketing tool that needs to be controlled
• This is an opportunity for the EU to combat a killer product
• Banning flavours does not mean banning the growing of Burley
tobacco
• WHO FCTC guidelines support Parties banning flavourings
• The revised EU TPD should include the ban on flavourings to
prevent tobacco companies from using flavours to make
tobacco more attractive to children and young people
s tobacco causes more than a quarter (29%) of all deaths from cancer in Europe, Half of all long term users
75% / 80% We believe there is a need for improved consumer information and generic/plain packaging, including mandatory picture warnings; tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide (CO) levels replaced; further information on harmful substances inside pack; and health warnings on water pipes. There is strong evidence that picture warnings encourage smokers to think about quitting and are more salient than text warnings. We support the recommendation that there should be mandatory picture warnings on both the front and back of the pack covering at least 80% of the surface. As well as enhancing the health message this prevents the pack being used as a marketing tool. Standardised packaging can benefit health in three main ways: making health warnings more prominent; decreasing the promotional power of the pack; and preventing use of labels and creative devices that may deceive consumers. The Australian federal government has recently announced its intention to introduce plain packaging in 2012, setting a standard that the EU should follow.
“ Ingredients” include tobacco, components (e.g. paper, filter), including materials used to manufacture those components, additives , processing aids, residual substances found in tobacco (following storage and processing), and substances that migrate from the packaging material into the product (contaminants are not part of the ingredients). Examples include substances that are used as adhesives, binders, combustion modifiers, addictiveness enhancers, flavours , humectants, plasticizers, casings, smoke enhancers and colourings. “ Attractiveness” refers to factors such as taste, smell and other sensory attributes, ease of use, flexibility of the dosing system, cost, reputation or image, assumed risks and benefits, and other characteristics of a product designed to stimulate use. Reference from WHO. The scientific basis of tobacco product regulation: Report of a WHO Study Group. WHO Technical Report Series 945. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2007. SCENIHR opinion concluded that “Attractiveness can.. be improved in a number of ways, such as by adding flavours.”
Tobacco Products Directive publication welcome, but provisions need strengthening. Cancer Research UK welcomes the release finally of the proposed revisions to the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) as agreed by the European Commission. These will now go to the European Parliament and Council for further consideration. We welcome the introduction of mandatory picture warnings on tobacco products. The evidence is strong such large graphic warnings are effective in reducing the appeal of tobacco products particularly to women and young people. The 2012 Eurobarometer on tobacco shows that a large majority of people across the EU support such measures and the UK introduced picture warnings on one side only of the pack in 2008. The Commission’s proposal to cover 75% of the main surfaces of packs is similar to provisions in Canada which helped to reduce consumption to one of the lowest levels in the world. We also welcome the removal of additives from tobacco products that have a distinguishable flavour, aroma or taste other than tobacco. However, we note the lack of clarity on how this will be determined and would prefer to see a full ban on all ingredients and additives that may be used to increase the attractiveness of tobacco products , such as sugars, sweeteners , spices and herbs. Finally, Cancer Research UK welcomes the introduction of tracking and tracing features on tobacco packs .although we have concerns about the level of control by the tobacco industry over the data gathering and data keeping process. It is essential that tracking and tracing features are in line with the provisions of the newly-adopted International Protocol on Illicit Trade in tobacco Products. The future TPD risks falling short of the EU’s obligations under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) illicit protocol which provides the gold standard in evidence-based tobacco control policies. In this context, it is crucial that Member States, all of which have ratified the FCTC, are free under this directive to ‘go further’ in every policy area, especially in seeking to fulfil FCTC obligations. Otherwise EU countries may be disadvantaged compared to other parts of the world. The repeated delays and controversy surrounding the development of the revised TPD suggest that interference by opponents of the proposal was widespread. Tobacco industry lobbying tactics during the adoption of the 2001 TPD are well documented .
Commissioner Dalli, July 20111 “We are talking about aggressive marketing to induce more people to smoke when it is a proven health risk. You talk about trade-offs but I’m being asked to trade human lives for about 20,000 part-time jobs?”