This newsletter provides updates on the activities of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project in April 2011. It announces that Lisa Hickman and Amanda Duncan have been hired as new project managers for the ITC India/Bangladesh/Mauritius/SE Asia and Four Country/Brazil surveys, respectively. It also summarizes presentations given at the European Conference on Tobacco or Health in Amsterdam and publications in March 2011, including papers, reports, and videos produced.

1. The International Tobacco Control
Policy Evaluation Project
Volume 1, Issue 2: April 2011 The ITC Project Monthly Newsletter
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Pictured left to right are symposium presenters and chairs: Ute Mons (ITC Germany), Ann
to request an invitation. McNeill (ITC UK), Marc Willemsen (ITC Netherlands), Lorraine Craig (ITC Europe Project
Manager), Sara Hitchman (ITC Europe Student Project Manager), Gera Nagelhout (ITC
The Wave is intended to keep ITC Netherlands), and Geoffrey Fong.
collaborators across 20 countries
up-to-date on what we are doing
and achieving—particularly in the
area of paper proposals and European Conference on Tobacco or Health—Amsterdam
presentations. However, the ITC The 5th European Conference on Tobacco or Health took place in Amsterdam, the
Project is all of you, so YOU have Netherlands from March 28th to March 30th, 2011. Members of the ITC Europe Project
to tell us about what you are team presented a Symposium entitled: Minimising Exposure to Second-hand Smoke:
doing. You can offer anything you Findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation (ITC) Project. The sympo-
think might be of interest, but sium presented data on smoke-free public places, homes, and cars in Europe and beyond.
we are particularly interested in The ITC Europe Project team is currently working on submitting a supplement with ITC
material under the topics listed. Europe findings to the European Journal of Public Health.
Please send any submissions to
itc@uwaterloo.ca Roswell Park Videos
Julia Purpera and Paul Hage from Roswell Park Cancer Institute are busy creating video
vignettes that will highlight key findings from numerous ITC projects. These vignettes will
offer alternative ways to disseminate information, while creating stronger public awareness
Announcements 1 of tobacco control issues. This month’s release is “Packaging Labels - Why It Matters”. ITC
Announcements (cont.) 2 Investigators Dave Hammond and Ron Borland discuss the changing landscape of cigarette
ITC in the News 2 packaging. Hear why graphic warning labels are effective deterrents against smoking, and
Policy Updates 2 how plain packaging is one of the most important innovations in tobacco control. To view
Presentations 3 any of RPCI’s vignettes go to www.roswellitc.com.
Papers Published 3
National Reports 3 OTRU Student Presentation Award
Grants 3 Omid Fotuhi was named a recipient of the OTRU Student Presentation
Reminders 3 Award at the SRNT 17th Annual Meeting held in Toronto, Ontario in
Paper Proposals 4 February. He received 1st place for his poster, “Depression and
Designed by Tania Cheng.
Cessation: A Longitudinal Analysis Using Data from the International
Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey". Congratulations, Omid!
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2. Welcome to UW’s New Project Managers!
Lisa Hickman is the new ITC Project Manager for India, Bangladesh,
Mauritius, and South East Asia. Before joining the ITC team, Lisa worked
in Social Planning for the Region of Waterloo and with Health Services
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at the University of Waterloo. Lisa received her undergraduate degree in ITC Achievements
Psychology from Goa University and her Master’s degree in Psychology to Date
(specializing in Community Psychology) from Wilfrid Laurier University.
Lisa can be reached via email at lhickman@uwaterloo.ca and by phone
at 519-888-4567 ext. 31281.
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Amanda Duncan is the new ITC Project Manager who will take over
management of the Four Country and Brazil Surveys, and will assist
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with the China Survey. Amanda previously worked as a Research
Coordinator in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta. She
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has a Master’s degree in Anthropology (with specialization in Medical
Anthropology) from the University of Alberta, and received her 1 national
undergraduate degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. Amanda can be
reached via email at: amanda.duncan@uwaterloo.ca, and by phone at
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519-888-4567 ext. 31241.
2 grants
Chinese Version of ITC China Supplement Available
The ITC China Supplement entitled “Identifying the challenges to tobacco control in China: Findings from the
International Tobacco Control (ITC) China Project”, published in October 2010 in Tobacco Control, has been translated
and is now available in Chinese here: http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/19/Suppl_2/suppl/DC1
Knowledge on harm caused by tobacco is lowest among Dutch smokers
The results of a new ITC Netherlands report on smokers' awareness of the health risks of smoking and exposure to second-hand
smoke were released in DutchNews.nl (March 29) and BMJ news at http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d2138.short?etoc.
According to the report, the knowledge about the health damage caused by smoking and passive smoking among Dutch smokers
lags well behind other countries. The report is available at http://www.itcproject.org/blogs/mediacover/
theneedfortobaccoeducationcampaignsinthenetherland.
Women and the smoking epidemic: turning the tide
Sara Hitchman and Geoff Fong published a paper entitled “Gender Empowerment and Female-to-Male Smoking Prevalence Ratios”
in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. The paper showed a strong association between the ratio of female and male
smoking rates, and gender empowerment in many countries. The association is clearly linked to the level of economic development,
which is measured by income per capita and income inequality. It received worldwide press after publication, including the following:
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/03/01/us-smoking-women-idINTRE7206B320110301
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20928023.100-empowered-women-smoke-more.html
http://www.aolhealth.com/2011/03/02/rising-status-causing-more-women-to-smoke/
http://healthland.time.com/2011/03/02/female-empowerment-is-great-%E2%80%94-except-when-it-comes-to-smoking/
China
On March 22, 2011, the China Ministry of Health released the "Detailed Implementation Rules for Public Place Sanitary
Administration Regulation", to take effect on May 1, 2011. Article 18 relates to smoke-free regulations, in which: (1) smoking is
banned in indoor public places; (2) administrators of public places should set up salient no-smoking signs and warning labels; and
(3) managers of public places should (a) conduct “propaganda" (actions to inform people) of the harms of smoking on health, and
(b) allocate staff to stop people from smoking in indoor areas.
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3. The following papers were published in March 2011. For a full
For the full list of 2011 presentations to date, list of all publications to date, see the ITC Academic Papers List
please see the Conference Presentations on our website.
Citation List.
Thrasher JF, Villalobos VE, Barnoya J, Sansores R, O’Connor
Thrasher JF. Advertencias sanitarias con R. Consumption of single cigarettes and quitting behav-
pictogramas para el control de tabaco en ior: A longitudinal analysis of Mexican smokers. BMC Public
México: a 6 meses de su implementación. Health. 2011;11:134.
[Health warning labels with pictures for tobacco Thrasher JF, Huang L, Pérez-Hernández R, Niederdeppe J,
control in Mexico: 6 months after implementation] Arillo-Santillán E, Alday J. Evaluation of a social marketing
Congreso de Investigación en Salud Pública. campaign to support Mexico City’s comprehensive smoke-
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, free law. American Journal of Public Health. 2011;101
México. March 3, 2011. Invited oral presentation. (2):328-335.
Pérez-Hernández R, Arillo-Santillán E, Thrasher JF, Nagelhout, Mons, Allwright, Guignard, Beck, Fong, De Vries,
Amorin Claro de Castro EF. Impacto de las políticas Willemsen. Prevalence and predictors of smoking in "smoke-
públicas en la norma social de prohibir fumar en free" bars. Findings from the International Tobacco Control
hogares mexicanos. [Impact of tobacco control policies (ITC) Europe Surveys. (Available on the website of Social
on the social acceptability of smoking in Mexican Science & Medicine later this week)
homes] Congreso de Investigación en Salud Pública. Hitchman SC, Fong GT. Gender empowerment and female-to
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, -male smoking prevalence ratios. Bull World Health Organ.
México. March 3, 2011. Poster. 2011;89:195-202.
Nagelhout G. Prevalence and predictors of smoking in
smokefree bars. Findings from ITC Ireland, France,
Germany, and the Netherlands. ECToH. Amsterdam,
Netherlands. March 29, 2011. Symposium presentation. Downloadable PDFs of all ITC National Reports are available at
Mons U. Adoption of home smoking bans after the ITC National Reports at www.itcproject.org.
implementation of national smokefree laws. ECToH.
Amsterdam, Netherlands. March 29, 2011. Symposium Completed
presentation. ITC Project (March 2011). ITC Netherlands Survey. Report
Hitchman S. Smoking in cars with nonsmokers: findings on Smokers’ Awareness of the Health Risks of Smoking and
from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, UK, and Exposure to Second-hand Smoke. University of Waterloo,
US. ECToH. Amsterdam, Netherlands. March 29, 2011. Ontario, Canada. Available at: http://www.itcproject.org/
Symposium presentation. download/.attachments/ITC%20Netherlands%
Fong G. Achieving smokefree environments: ITC findings 20Knowledge%20Final.pdf
outside Europe, new frontiers and basic principles for In the Works
success of smokefree initiatives. ECToH. Amsterdam, ITC China Project Report, Wave 1 to 3
Netherlands. March 29, 2011. Symposium presentation. ITC Bhutan National Report, Wave 1
Huang C & Thompson ME. Accounting for Measurement
Difference Across Countries in International Surveys.
Some sections of the newsletter include links to the ITC
International Total Survey Error Workshop. Quebec City,
website. If you are not a registered user, send an email to
Quebec. June 19-22, 2011. Poster. klmcewen@uwaterloo.ca
Review the attached paper proposal document and inform
us of any changes or requests for extension.
Fogarty RO3 (Geoff Fong): Requested $150,000 Direct Costs Send any submissions for the May 2011 issue to
over 3 years to conduct the ITC Kenya Survey. Submitted itc@uwaterloo.ca Please put “Newsletter” in the subject
January 10, 2011. headline.
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4. The following paper proposals were approved last month:
Kasza, Hyland, Cummings, Fong, Borland, Hastings. Use and efficacy of stop smoking medications among the general
population. Data sets: 4C (W1-7).
Kasza, Hyland, Cummings, Fong, Borland, Hastings. Trends in use of stop smoking medications in four countries across seven
years. Data sets: 4C (W1-7).
Kasza, Hyland, Cummings, Fong, Borland, Hastings. Who receives information/advice to quit, and is receipt of information/
advice associated with making quit attempts, using evidence-based assistance during quit attempts, and smoking cessation?
Data sets: 4C (W1-7).
Hyland. Kasza, McKee, Rivard. Change in smoke-free bar policies and alcohol consumption. Data sets: 4C (W4,6,7).
Licht, Hyland, O’Connor, Chaloupka, Borland, Fong, Nargis, Cummings. How do price minimizing behaviors impact smoking
cessation? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey. Data sets: 4C (W5-7)
Yong, Borland, Thrasher, Thompson et al. Stability of cigarette consumption over time among continuing smokers: A latent
growth curve analysis. Data sets: 4C
Yong, O'Connor, Li, Yang, et al. SES differences in self-efficacy & dependence among Chinese smokers. Data sets: CN
Rennen, Nagelhout, Willemsen, et al. Tobacco control policies, denormalization, and smoking cessation. Data sets: FR (W1-2),
DE (W1-2), NL (W1,W3).
Cooper, Borland, Fotuhi. A population-based study of the impact of quitting smoking on depressive symptoms. Findings from
the ITC study. Data sets: 4C (W5-7)
Kennedy, Spafford, Fong, Thompson. Smoking Cessation Advice and the Role of Socioeconomic Status, and Health - findings
from the ITC Four Country Study. Data sets: 4C (W3-8)
Paper proposals are supposed to result in the paper being submitted within 9 months of approval. The following proposals
are entering their last month. If the lead author wants to retain the paper, they need to request an extension by
emailing the appropriate group (see ITC Paper and Presentation Policy). Where there is a circulated draft, there
will be an automatic initial 3-month extension. Extensions for papers without a draft or subsequent
extensions will not be automatic.
These are the papers that are now open to others to take up.
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