A1.3 International tobacco control strategies

A1.3.1 The WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) website
Includes the Framework Convention document, a regularly updated list of signatories, and papers and minutes from Conventions of Parties and associated working groups
http://www.who.int/fctc/en/

Including

• The Convention
• Sessions and papers associated with Conference of Parties
• Protocols
• Guidelines
  Including
  • Guidelines for implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO FCTC – Protection of public health policies with respect to tobacco control from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry
  • Guidelines for implementation of Article 6 of the WHO FCTC – Price and tax measures to reduce the demand for tobacco
  • Guidelines for implementation of Article 8 of the WHO FCTC – Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke
  • Partial guidelines for implementation of Article 9 and 10 of the WHO FCTC – Regulation of the contents of tobacco products and regulation of tobacco product disclosures
  • Guidelines for implementation of Article 11 of the WHO FCTC – Packaging and labelling of tobacco products
  • Guidelines for implementation of Article 12 of the WHO FCTC – Education, communication, training and public awareness
  • Guidelines for implementation of Article 13 of the WHO FCTC – Tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
  • Guidelines for implementation of Article 14 of the WHO FCTC – Demand reduction measures concerning tobacco dependence and cessation
• Information on assistance available with implementation
• Publications associated with the FCTC
  Including
  • Rules of procedure
  • Global progress reports
  • Membership of working groups

The Framework Convention Alliance (FCA)

An alliance of organisations working on the development, ratification, and implementation of FCTC. The website contains FCA Background and Briefing Papers on articles of the FCTC as well as comprehensive progress on implementation of the FCTC
http://www.fctc.org/

A1.3.2 Support for introducing tobacco control programs

WHO Tobacco-free initiative

Publications
http://www.who.int/tobacco/publications/en/index.html

M-Power initiative

A set of six key tobacco control measures that reflect and build on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
http://www.who.int/tobacco/mpower/en/

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/

Including:

• Global Tobacco Surveillance System Data (GTSSData)
• Inventory of tobacco related survey questions
• Data and statistics
• State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System

Tobacco technical assistance consortium

Assisting organisations in developing effective tobacco prevention and control programs. Based in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia
http://tacenters.emory.edu/resources/products_tools/tobacco/power-of-proof/

National Cancer Institute's Tobacco Control Monograph Series: Public health issues in smoking and tobacco use control

https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/brp/tcrb/monographs/

Global Tobacco Control

An online resource that provides free online trainings, research-based reports and guides, and information on the capacity building programs of the Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) within the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

https://globaltobaccocontrol.org/home  

International Agency for Research on Cancer

IARC handbooks on cancer prevention including

• Effectiveness of Tax and Price Policies for Tobacco Control,IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Volume 14
• Evaluating the Effectiveness of Smoke-free Policies,IARC Handbook of Cancer Prevention, Volume 13
• Methods for Evaluating Tobacco Control Policies,IARC Handbook of Cancer Prevention, Volume 12
• Tobacco Control: Reversal of Risk after Quitting Smoking,IARC Handbook of Cancer Prevention, Volume 11
• Social Inequalities and Cancer IARC Scientific Publications No 138