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Tobacco Control
Building Support for Global Tobacco Control
NEW World No Tobacco Day 2010 - Theme:
Gender and tobacco with an emphasis on marketing to women. The World Health
Organization (WHO) selects "Gender and tobacco with an emphasis on marketing
to women" as the theme for the next World No Tobacco Day, which will take
place on 31 May 2010.
more.....
NEW What happens after you quit smoking - Within 20 Minutes... Your body
begins to heal itself! - Blood pressures drops - Pulse rate drops to normal
- Body temperature of hand and feet increases to normal
more.....
NEW How to counter tobacco industry myths - Anticipate the opposition.
Even though effective smoke-free laws are popular, policy makers and the
public must be prepared to respond to the many, often-used arguments aimed
at stopping their passage and implementation.
more.....
(PDF Document)
NEW The Tobacco Problem - Tobacco use is one of the biggest public health
threats the world has ever face and the leading preventable cause of death
in the USA, tobacco Fact Sheet.
more.....
(PDF Document)
NEW Second hand smoke is just as bad as the real thing! The Heart Foundation of Jamaica
"Smoking Kills" Leaflet
more.....
(PDF Document)
NEW A graphic picture of what happens to a smokers body
more.....
(PDF Document)
NEW See what's hiding inside a cigarette!!! ammonia, arsenic, carbon
monoxide, methanol
more.....
(PDF Document)
11th March 2010 Trinidad and Tobago Government News - Health
Minister warns: Fatty and salty foods bad for you. Of the CNCDs, heart
disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes are the leading causes of illness and
premature death in the Caribbean today. The picture is similar for Trinidad
and Tobago. CNCDs have been responsible for four of the five leading causes
of death in our country over the last two decades and heart disease,
cancers, diabetes and strokes account for 60% of the total causes of death
in our country.
more.....
(PDF document)
27th July 2009 - WHAT is causing the delay with the legislation to
ban smoking in public places in Barbados? That is the question being
posed by the Project Officer for Tobacco Control at the Heart and Stroke
Foundation, Wayne Hunte. Hunte expressed disappointment to the Barbados
Advocate that after several promises and even the legislation being drafted,
no concrete position had yet been taken on the matter and he is calling on
the authorities to say what is causing the delay and preventing it from
being presented in Parliament.
more.....
Stake Holders of the Caribbean Graphic Health Project and it's civil
society partners are asking the regional Governments and the Government
of Barbados to guard against the Tobacco Industry's interference in public
health policies addressing tobacco production.
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October 14th - 16th - Mexico City -
2nd SRNT IAHF Latin American Conference on Tobacco Control - From science to
policy: progress in tobacco control in Latin America and the
Caribbean. We are pleased to announce this conference , which aims to
bring together tobacco control scientists, treatment specialists, and policy
advocates in the region, to learn from the latest science and from each
other, to strengthen research and encourage policy change and implementation
of tobacco control measures throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
(more.....)
Media Training Workshop - 30th March 2009 - “Stemming the Tide of Disability, Disease and Death Caused by Tobacco”
- Goal:
Building partnership with the media to help secure better tobacco control
policies in Barbados. (more.....)
To the Prime Minister of
Barbados with utmost respect: time to act is NOW - By Wayne Hunte
Project Officer –Tobacco Control , Caribbean Graphic Health Warning Project
(Barbados), Funded by the Bloomberg Global Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use.
(more.....)
Count me in... I am perennially fascinated by the phenomenon that
policies, which other jurisdictions find so easy to implement, nearly always
seem to encounter some impediment when they arise for consideration in
Barbados. (more.....)
PAHO Newsletter October 2008 (more.....)
The Tobacco Death Clock - Today, November
4, just before 11am Geneva time, the tobacco death clock will reach a
staggering 40 million tobacco-related deaths since the start of the
World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
negotiations in 1999.
(more.....)
ITC - The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project
(more.....)
PAHO Newsletter June 2008 - spotlight on Tobacco and Cancer
(more.....)
FACT SHEET #2 - The Bloomberg
Global Initiative To Reduce Tobacco Use -The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados (HSFB), the Heart
Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) (for The Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control), the
Trinidad & Tobago Cancer Society and the Guyana Chest Society have received a
grant from the Bloomberg Global Initiative to ensure the implementation of
rotating picture-based package warnings on all tobacco products sold in
Caribbean countries. This grant will be administered through the Campaign for
Tobacco Free Kids. (more.....)
FACT SHEET #1 - The Bloomberg
Global Initiative To Reduce Tobacco - The Heart & Stroke Foundation of
Barbados (HSFB), the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ) (for The Jamaica
Coalition for Tobacco Control), the Trinidad & Tobago Cancer Society and the
Guyana Chest Society have recently been awarded a grant from the Bloomberg
Global Initiative. (more.....)
Nations Conclude Initial Talks on Smuggling, Counterfeiting and Illicit
Manufacturing of Tobacco Products as Global Tobacco Epidemic Worsens. Geneva, Switzerland.
Official representatives of some 130 countries wrapped up talks in Geneva
today on a new treaty, the Illicit Trade Protocol, to curb the smuggling,
counterfeiting, and illicit manufacturing of tobacco products.
(more.....)
150+ Organizations Worldwide Renew Call on Governments: Take Action
to Prevent an Independent Philip Morris International from Worsening the
Global Tobacco Pandemic.
(more.....)
Nations from the Region of the Americas Collaborate to Save Lives and
Reduce Economic Losses by Cracking Down on Illicit Tobacco Trade 4
December 2007 - MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - Representatives from 35 countries are
gathering in Montevideo, Uruguay on December 5, 2007 to work on
knowledge-gathering and skill-sharing on the illicit trade of tobacco (more.....)
Letters to Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) (more....) and
Commonwealth Business
Council (CBC) (more....) with reference
to British American Tobacco (BAT) sponsorship.
Adrian J L Randall, CEO, Heart &
Stroke Foundation of Barbados - Presentation at COP2 in Rio
September 4, 2007 Introduction - This presentation will focus on
as requested “Second-hand smoke and stop smoking campaigns in
the English speaking Caribbean – lessons learned and results.
(more....)
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