Tobacco Industry “Transformation”—The Current State of Play

Hill, Sarah; Chaiton, Michael; Edwards, Richard

doi:10.1093/ntr/ntad181

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“…This can be seen as a forward-looking approach to respond to tobacco industry strategies, which aim to increase product portfolio and profit, attract new customers and delay and distract from effective control policies. 19 Clear separation between measures to only reduce harm and measures to end the tobacco epidemic may help regulators and policymakers to understand and identify measures that are feasible and likely to produce substantial impact in their local context. The reported retail-oriented and consumer-oriented measures tended to focus on reducing the sales points by limiting sales to certain retailers and raising the age limit of sales above 18 years.…”

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Tobacco endgame goals and measures in Europe: current status and future directions

Ollila,

Ruokolainen,

Laatikainen

et al. 2024

Tob Control

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The European Union (EU) aims for a tobacco use prevalence of less than 5% by 2040 with its Tobacco-Free Generation goal, aligning with the tobacco endgame approach. In the Joint Action on Tobacco Control 2 (JATC-2) -project, we examined adopted and planned endgame goals and measures as well as preparedness to counter tobacco industry interference in the process. We surveyed key informants in 24 out of 50 countries in the WHO European Region (19 of the 27 EU Member States, MS). Altogether, eight countries (7 EU MS) had official governmental endgame goals, and an additional six EU MS had similar proposals from government, civil society or research entities. Movement towards tobacco endgame was most evident in retail-oriented and consumer-oriented policies. These include restricting the sales of tobacco and related products and raising the age limit above 18 years. Product standards were used especially to regulate flavours but no measures to substantially reduce addictiveness were reported. Market-oriented measures that tap into industry profits were predominantly missing, and countries often lacked concrete tools to prevent industry interference. Respondents’ concerns around tobacco endgame were related to high smoking prevalence in some population groups, non-combustible and new nicotine products, cross-border marketing, political will, challenges with the existing regulations and industry interference. Results indicate both momentum and challenges in adopting and disseminating measures that facilitate achieving tobacco endgame goals. The EU goal can be used to advocate for national endgame goals and measures, and for the strengthened implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

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confidence: 99%

Tobacco endgame goals and measures in Europe: current status and future directions

Ollila,

Ruokolainen,

Laatikainen

et al. 2024

Tob Control

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PMI-funded foundation for a smoke-free world: application of criteria to assess funding models that include financial support from the tobacco industry

Cohen,

Eissenberg,

Zeller

2024

Tob Control

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Recent changes to the leadership and the terms of tobacco industry financing of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) have called for a revisiting of a paper published in 2009 where we proposed criteria and other considerations to assess possible funding models for research that include financial support from the tobacco industry. This paper reviews and attempts to apply the elements laid out in 2009 to the current state of FSFW. After discussing each criterion and consideration we conclude that, at this point in time, conducting a thorough assessment using our 2009 paper is not possible because critical details related to FSFW governance, decision-making and process have not been announced. Nonetheless, we hope this paper will remind the tobacco control community that the 2009 criteria exist and highlight the information needed and questions that might be asked of FSFW to help form judgements about this new iteration of the foundation. We further hope this will put the FSFW on notice that they need to address each of these criteria and speak publicly about their plans regarding the specific issues raised in the 2009 paper.

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Tobacco Industry “Transformation”—The Current State of Play

Cited by 2 publications

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Tobacco endgame goals and measures in Europe: current status and future directions

Tobacco endgame goals and measures in Europe: current status and future directions

PMI-funded foundation for a smoke-free world: application of criteria to assess funding models that include financial support from the tobacco industry

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