Phasing-out tobacco: proposal to deny access to tobacco for those born from 2000

Khoo, Deborah; Chiam, Yvonne; Ng, Priscilla Liu Yi.; Berrick, A. J.; Koong, H N

doi:10.1136/tc.2009.031153

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“…The idea of a tobacco endgame-the complete phasing out of tobacco consumption-has become popular in the tobacco control literature in recent years, and is already being considered in several countries. A group in Singapore published a proposal to deny tobacco sales to citizens born after a certain year, effectively phasing out consumption through new "tobacco-free generations" (Khoo et al 2010). In the Australian state of Tasmania, this proposal was approved last year by an unanimous vote in the government Upper House (ABC News 2012).…”

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Tobacco: Prohibition, Coffee Shops, or Discouragement?

Eijk

2013

The American Journal of Bioethics

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Tobacco: Prohibition, Coffee Shops, or Discouragement?

Eijk

2013

The American Journal of Bioethics

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“…25 Others propose a 'sinking lid' on the supply of cigarettes available for commercial sale, 26 or grandfathering schemes that peg the age of sale to a calendar year -e.g., permanently prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after January 1, 2000. 27 …”

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Tackling the Global NCD Crisis: Innovations in Law and Governance

Thomas¹,

Gostin²

2013

J. Law. Med. Ethics

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35 million people die annually of non‐communicable diseases (NCDs), 80% of them in low‐ and middle‐income countries — representing a marked epidemiological transition from infectious to chronic diseases and from richer to poorer countries. The total number of NCDs is projected to rise by 17% over the coming decade, absent significant interventions. The NCD epidemic poses unique governance challenges: the causes are multifactorial, the affected populations diffuse, and effective responses require sustained multi‐sectorial cooperation. The authors propose a range of regulatory options available at the domestic level, including stricter food labeling laws, regulation of food advertisements, tax incentives for healthy lifestyle choices, changes to the built environment, and direct regulation of food and drink producers. Given the realities of globalization, such interventions require global cooperation. In 2011, the UN General Assembly held a High‐level meeting on NCDs, setting a global target of a 25% reduction in premature mortality from NCDs by 2025. Yet concrete plans and resource commitments for reaching this goal are not yet in the offing, and the window is rapidly closing for achieving these targets through prevention — as opposed to treatment, which is more costly. Innovative global governance for health is urgently needed to engage private industry and civil society in the global response to the NCD crisis.

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“…Whether it is a sinking fund,2 prohibition for birth cohorts after a certain date5 or simple prohibition,6 7 the proposals create incentives to supply cigarette-like products to those who either face an extremely high legal price for that product or who are entirely cut off from legal purchase. Even the proposal for reducing the nicotine content of legally marketed tobacco products poses that same risk;8 the currently preferred product would not be legally available.…”

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Can tobacco control endgame analysis learn anything from the US experience with illegal drugs?

Reuter

2013

Tob Control

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The goals of tobacco control endgame strategies are specified in terms of the desired levels of tobacco use and/or tobacco related health consequences. Yet the strategies being considered may have other consequences beyond tobacco use prevalence, forms and related harms. Most of the proposed strategies threaten to create large black markets with potential attendant harms: corruption, high illegal earnings, violence and/or organised crime. Western societies of course have considerable experience with these problems in the context of prohibition of drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. These experiences suggest that low prevalence has been achieved only by tough enforcement with damaging unintended consequences. Tobacco prohibition (total or partial) may not present the same trade-off but there is little basis for making a projection of the scale, form and harms of the attendant black markets. Nonetheless, these harms should not be ignored in analyses of the endgame proposals.

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Phasing-out tobacco: proposal to deny access to tobacco for those born from 2000

Cited by 75 publications

References 15 publications

Tobacco: Prohibition, Coffee Shops, or Discouragement?

Tobacco: Prohibition, Coffee Shops, or Discouragement?

Tackling the Global NCD Crisis: Innovations in Law and Governance

Can tobacco control endgame analysis learn anything from the US experience with illegal drugs?

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