NATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL

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NATIONAL TOBACCO CONTROL
1. PREVENT TOBACCO USE AMONG YOUTH 2. REDUCE
NUMBERS OF SMOKERS REDUCE TOBACCO
CONSUMPTION 3. LIMIT ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE
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1. PREVENT TOBACCO USE AMONG YOUTH

• (1) EDUCATION
• REACHING CHILDREN IN SCHOOL
• Complement the schools ongoing tobacco education
  
• curriculum / health promoting school
• Deliver anti-tobacco messages
• Recreational activities with a tobacco theme
• Implement smoke-free policies
• USING PEER TO EDUCATE
• MEDIA MESSAGE for YOUTH (radio , TV )

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(2) POLICY STRATEGY

• RAISING TAX
• RESTRICTING YOUTH ACCESS TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS
• Control of licensing
• Law prohibiting sale of tobacco products to
  children under 18
• -Banning cigarette vending machines , free
  sampling , internet sale
• BANNING ADVERTISING and PROMOTIONS
• Limiting in-store marketing practices
• Restricting trade mark diversification
• Ban of advertising in all media
• Ban of cultural and sport sponsorship

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2. REDUCE NUMBERS OF SMOKERS REDUCE TOBACCO
CONSUMPTION
(1) DATA COLLECTION (2) RESEARCH (3)
INFORMATION (4) EDUCATION (5) ADVOCACY (6)
LITIGATION
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• (7) SMOKING CESSATION
• Communicating the Quit-Smoking Message
• Providing Tobacco Treatment Services
• Recognizing special population
• In-person tobacco treatment services
• - individual counseling , group counseling ,
  subsidized NRT
• Telephone-based tobacco treatment services
• Web-based tobacco treatment services
• Training of tobacco treatment service providers

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• (8) LAW , REGULATIONS , and ECONOMIC MEASURES
• Reducing demand
• Tax and price policy
• Ban of advertising and promotion
• Packaging labelling
• Restriction of smoking in work place and public
  places
• Reducing supply
• Control of illicit trade
• Sale control - licensing , self service , ban
  of smokeless
• tobacco , ban of broken pack sale , ban of
  duty-free
• Harm reduction
• Crop substitution
• Elimination of trade rules

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3. LIMIT ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE

• (1) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT ETS
• (2) LIMITING ETS THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY
• Establishing policies to limit ETS
• - Enacting law and regulations
• Enforcing existing policies

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DISK ZIP4 /FILE TC_POLICIES_at_Action plan
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DISK ZIP4 /FILE TC_POLICIES_at_Action plan
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VARIOUS ORGANIZATION IN TOBACCO CONTROL
NGO, Network, Coalition National - Regional -
International Health Non - health WHO, UICC
Advocacy group REGIONAL ORG., e.g.
APACT, etc. Consumer protection gr. Medical
Association Nonsmokers right gr. Lung
Association Education gr. Public Health
Association Religious gr. Cancer
Society Community org. etc. Etc.
DISK ZIP4/TC_3.POLICIES_at_Action plan(ppt)