Learning Objectives: Describe the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), Canada, India, and the Middle East efforts in addressing international tobacco control. Explain the importance of the role and resonsibility of the U.S. to implement effective, comprehensive tobacco control initiatives in the developing world. Explain the role and functions of international agencies in guiding global tobacco control movement. List two examples of partnerships that have resulted in effective policy initiatives.
Abstract: Attendees from the national, state, local, university, community based agencies, voluntary organizations, etc., will gain an understanding of various international tobacco control initiatives currently underway with the United States Centers for Disease Control; the World Health Organizations; Canada; India; and the Middle East. This panel will discuss the strategies for these initiatives, examine the tobacco industry's new and expanded efforts to gain market shares overseas, discuss issues around immigration and its effects of tobacco control program in the U.S., provide an understanding of the role and functions of international agencies in guiding global tobacco control movement, and share examples from two regions (South Asia and the Middle East) who are undertaking tobacco control activities.
The panelist from Canada will speak about their warning labels and how they influenced the development of warning systems in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Singapore, South Africa, Poland, Brazil and Belgium. Attendees will learn about how these warning systems impact on the tobacco industry's ability to market its products, an impact that extends beyond the desired but limited benefits of increasing knowledge about tobacco use.
Attendees will also gain an understanding of the role and responsibility of the U.S. (and other countries with resources) to support international tobacco control to counter the globalization of tobacco exportation by U.S., tobacco companies and how they might get involved with this movement. An update of the most recent events of the negotiations for the international Framework Convention on Tobacco Control will also be presented by the World Health Organization.
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