Project Summary
The goal of this project is to produce a white paper targeted toward decision-makers and public health advocates. It will: (1) summarize the effects of tobacco product waste on the environment and humans; (2) describe the role tobacco product waste may play in contributing to social disorder and stress in urban and disadvantaged communities; (3) describe the role of the tobacco and vape industry in producing and maintaining tobacco product waste; and, (4) include recommendations for action that focus on upstream solutions that go beyond anti-litter campaigns and ash can approaches to the tobacco product waste problem. The White Paper will coalesce existing research from peer-reviewed literature, government reports, organizational reports, tobacco industry documents, and other sources, in addition to conducting key informant interviews with subject matter experts.
100 specialists in nicotine science, policy and practice have come together to call on the 182 parties (countries) to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to take a more positive stance on tobacco harm reduction. The letter pushes back against WHO’s misguided and unscientific drive for prohibition or excessive regulation and taxation of vaping products, heated and smokeless tobacco products, and novel oral nicotine products, such as pouches.
Agency has taken action on more than 90% of the estimated 6.5 million ‘deemed’ new tobacco products submitted since the application deadline a year ago.
"The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was: 1 negotiated under the WHO Constitutional Mandate; 2 becoming the first convention with a modern structure with objectives in the field of Public Health, but also addressing the social, economic and environmental impact of tobacco. It currently covers more than 90 percent of the global population. It is an evidence-based treaty addressing both the supply and demand of tobacco products and reaffirms the right of all people to the highest standard of health. It guides and informs the global tobacco control agenda and is a legally binding instrument."
DECLARAÇÃO da Secretaria da Convenção-Quadro da OMS para o Controle do Tabaco e o Protocolo para Eliminar o Comércio Ilícito de Produtos de Tabaco. Secretariado da Convenção-Quadro para o Controle do Tabaco, Uganda, 2 jul. 2019.
Dois artigos de autoria de grandes grupos diversos (incluindo vários entusiastas do cigarro eletrônico que apoiaram empresas como a Juul), acabaram de concluir que os cigarros eletrônicos não ajudam as pessoas a parar de fumar. Ainda mais importante, os cigarros eletrônicos substituíram as terapias aprovadas pela FDA para a cessação do tabagismo e as pessoas que usam cigarros eletrônicos nas tentativas de parar são mais propensas a continuar usando cigarros eletrônicos mais tarde do que as pessoas que usam as terapias convencionais.
GLANTZ, Stanton. Dois grandes estudos nacionais mostram que os cigarros eletrônicos não ajudam os fumantes a parar de fumar, mas podem se tornar viciados em vapores. Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, Estados Unidos, 3set. 2020. Disponível em: https://tobacco.ucsf.edu/two-big-national-studies-show-e-cigarettes-won%.... Acesso em: 7 maio 2021.
There's a new generation of tobacco products that's addicting a new generation of customers, our kids. With a surge of 78% in e-cigarette use in just one year, the Surgeon General has declared a youth e-cigarette use epidemic. Watch this video to learn how to identify Juul, Sourin and Pen Pal, popular e-cigarette and vaping products. Talk to your kids about nicotine addiction and products kids are using to vape nicotine infused flavors. To learn more about the epidemic and how to talk to your kids visit https://www.flavorshookkids.org/
Notícia que demonstra o interesse do senador Jerry Brown em analisar medidas anti tabaco, por exemplo, tornar ilegal a venda de produtos de tabaco a menos de 21 anos, classificar o cigarro eletrônico como um produto proveniente do tabaco, impondo a mesma regulação aplicada a outros produtos fumageiros. Todavia, a indústria do tabaco e alguns republicanos consideram estas atitudes como oriundas de um Estado-Babá.
GUTIERREZ, Melody. Senate approves tobacco bills, increasing smoking age to 21. SFGate, San Francisco, Estados Unidos, 10 mar. 2016. Disponível em: http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Senate-approves-tobacco-bills-increasing-smoking-6882428.php