Tobacco Control aims to study the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide; tobacco’s effects on population health, the economy, the environment, and society; efforts to prevent and control the global tobacco epidemic through population-level education and policy changes; the ethical dimensions of tobacco control policies; and the activities of the tobacco industry and its allies.
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Tobacco Control aims to study the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide; tobacco’s effects on population health, the economy, the environment, and society; efforts to prevent and control the global tobacco epidemic through population-level education and policy changes; the ethical dimensions of tobacco control policies; and the activities of the tobacco industry and its allies.
* The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.
Continuing Challenges to Tobacco Control in China: Findings from the ITC China Project
Tobacco Control Podcast
33 minutes 40 seconds
9 years ago
Continuing Challenges to Tobacco Control in China: Findings from the ITC China Project
This podcast debates the findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) China Project.
Simon Chapman, Professor School of Public Health University of Sydney, interviews Professor Geoffrey Fong, University of Waterloo in Canada, Principal Investigator of the ITC China Project; Dr. Angela Pratt, WHO China Tobacco Free Initiative representative, Beijing; and Dr. Judith Mackay, Director of the Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control and Senior Advisor, World Lung Foundation/Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, Hong Kong.
TIMELINE OF THE PODCAST:
•02:45 – Overall view of the ITC Project and particularly of the ITC China Project:
“An extraordinary time and opportunity… There wasn’t any kind of evidence system capable of evaluating the upcoming tobacco control policies that we knew were going to be implemented throughout the world”;
•07:10 – Some of the findings of the second supplement of ITC China Project: “The missed opportunities on warnings on the tobacco packages have affected millions of smokers”;
“China’s effort on smoke-free laws have only decreased smoking very, very modestly”;
•11:25 – The first years of the Xi Jinping’s government: “Tobacco control policies in China had a tipping point two years ago… ”;
•15:00 – “Encouraging times in Beijing: The strongest tobacco control law to date”;
•18:10 – “The ITC Project evidence reaches the decision makers in China”;
•21:45 – ITC’s next projects: Abu Dhabi and a project across Canada, USA and UK;
•25:30 – How quickly the change in tobacco control policies will happen in China?
Read the full supplement here: http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/24/Suppl_4.toc
Tobacco Control Podcast
Tobacco Control aims to study the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide; tobacco’s effects on population health, the economy, the environment, and society; efforts to prevent and control the global tobacco epidemic through population-level education and policy changes; the ethical dimensions of tobacco control policies; and the activities of the tobacco industry and its allies.
* The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.
