FCTC

The international webinar “Toxic Butts: What the Plastic Treaty's Negotiating Text Means for Health and Liability”, held on the morning of Tuesday, July 22, brought together experts from several countries to discuss the environmental impacts of cigarette butts, the risks to public health, and the need to hold the tobacco industry accountable. The event was co-organized by a coalition of international institutions, including the WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Articles 17 and 18, hosted at Fiocruz and operated by the CETAB/ENSP/Fiocruz. Also part of the organization were the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance, Action on Smoking and Health, Break Free From Plastic, Center for International Environmental Law, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, the Ministries of Health and Environment of Panama, and other GGTC partners.

"Informo e solicito providências. Reuniões de "debriefing" da COP10 da Convenção Quadro de Controle do Tabaco (CQCT) para parlamentares e sociedade civil brasileiros serão realizadas no Hotel Intercontinental, de 6 a 10/2. Posto recebeu informações de parlamentares e representantes do setor do tabaco que se deslocarão ao Panamá."

The Conference of the Parties, at its sixth session, adopted a decision to further promote implementation of Article 5.3 and its Guidelines among the Parties, especially in relation to the industry efforts to undermine tobacco control efforts internationally. The decision also notes with concern that recent experience indicates that tobacco industry strategies and tactics go beyond national borders, and recognizes the role of international cooperation in preventing interference by the tobacco industry. With its operative paragraphs, decision FCTC/COP6(14) complements recommendations of Article 5.3 Guidelines, adopted at COP3 in 2008, that call upon Parties to apply a series of measures in their national settings. Both Article 5.3 Guidelines and the Decision FCTC/COP6(14) recognize the need to monitor implementation of Article 5.3, including the monitoring of the tobacco industry interference and the measures to counteract them.

Boletim doze publicado pelo Centro de Estudos sobre Tabaco e Saúde da Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Cetab/Ensp/Fiocruz). Esta edição é composta por: editorial assinado por Luis Guilherme Hasselmann; opinião sobre a integração do controle agrário de acordo com as demandas globais da COP 10, por Breno Gaspar; entrevista com Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva – Secretária Executiva da Comissão Nacional para a Implementação da Convenção Quadro (CONICQ) e notícias extras.