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class="page-header"> <h1 class="page-title">Category: <span>Uncategorized</span></h1> </header> <article class="post-1746 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-1746"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/11/28/china-cigarette-card-game-among-chinese-youth-a-new-challenge-for-tobacco-control/" rel="bookmark">China: Cigarette Card Game among Chinese Youth: A New Challenge for Tobacco Control </a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/11/28/china-cigarette-card-game-among-chinese-youth-a-new-challenge-for-tobacco-control/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-11-28T08:01:43+00:00">November 28, 2024</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/ruthcanty/">ruthcanty</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='China: Cigarette Card Game among Chinese Youth: A New Challenge for Tobacco Control ' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/11/28/china-cigarette-card-game-among-chinese-youth-a-new-challenge-for-tobacco-control/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Tianqi Chen, Grace Kong, Bingliang Lin, Wenlong Lu, Jingfan Xiong China is the largest tobacco producer and consumer in the world, despite significant recent progress in tobacco control. Smoking is still deeply ingrained in Chinese culture, often associated with social interaction. Recently, a troubling trend among primary school students has emerged and been widely reported online: the […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/11/28/china-cigarette-card-game-among-chinese-youth-a-new-challenge-for-tobacco-control/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='China: Cigarette Card Game among Chinese Youth: A New Challenge for Tobacco Control ' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/11/28/china-cigarette-card-game-among-chinese-youth-a-new-challenge-for-tobacco-control/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-1742 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-1742"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/11/07/tobacco-company-interference-thwarts-progression-of-tobacco-control-law/" rel="bookmark">Tobacco Company interference thwarts progression of tobacco control law in Bangladesh</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/11/07/tobacco-company-interference-thwarts-progression-of-tobacco-control-law/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-07T09:12:40+00:00">November 7, 2024</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/kevansreeves/">Karen Evans-Reeves</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Tobacco Company interference thwarts progression of tobacco control law in Bangladesh' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/11/07/tobacco-company-interference-thwarts-progression-of-tobacco-control-law/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Md. Shahedul Alam, Sadia Galiba Prova, Farhat Lamisa, Md. Mehedi Hasan, Md. Hasan Shahriar, and ABM Zubair. Bangladesh’s already long-drawn-out amendment process of its tobacco control law, namely the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) (Amendment) Act, 2013, has dragged itself into its third year in July 2024.The preliminary draft, rooted in the WHO FCTC […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/11/07/tobacco-company-interference-thwarts-progression-of-tobacco-control-law/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Tobacco Company interference thwarts progression of tobacco control law in Bangladesh' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/11/07/tobacco-company-interference-thwarts-progression-of-tobacco-control-law/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-1738 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-1738"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/09/06/time-to-close-the-loopholes-in-the-free-trade-of-tobacco/" rel="bookmark">Time to close the loopholes in the free trade of tobacco</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/09/06/time-to-close-the-loopholes-in-the-free-trade-of-tobacco/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-09-06T08:16:27+00:00">September 6, 2024</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/kevansreeves/">Karen Evans-Reeves</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Time to close the loopholes in the free trade of tobacco' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/09/06/time-to-close-the-loopholes-in-the-free-trade-of-tobacco/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Ellen Huan-Niemi, Hanna Ollila, Eeva Ollila The WHO FCTC is regarded as a significant achievement in global public health efforts to control tobacco use since its adoption in 2003, currently with 183 Parties covering more than 90% of the world population. The implementation of FCTC measures has contributed to significant reductions in tobacco use prevalence, […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/09/06/time-to-close-the-loopholes-in-the-free-trade-of-tobacco/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Time to close the loopholes in the free trade of tobacco' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/09/06/time-to-close-the-loopholes-in-the-free-trade-of-tobacco/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-1735 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-advocacy category-australia category-plain-packaging category-uncategorized" id="post-1735"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/08/27/professor-mike-daube-50-years-of-service-to-public-health/" rel="bookmark">Professor Mike Daube: 50 Years of Service to Public Health</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/08/27/professor-mike-daube-50-years-of-service-to-public-health/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-27T15:03:43+00:00">August 27, 2024</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/kevansreeves/">Karen Evans-Reeves</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Professor Mike Daube: 50 Years of Service to Public Health' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/08/27/professor-mike-daube-50-years-of-service-to-public-health/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Thomas J. Kehoe and colleagues* *Other contributors listed at end of the article. August 2024 marks 40 years since Professor Mike Daube AO started work in the Western Australia Department of Health, in Australia. It is an opportune time to acknowledge his continuing and tireless contribution to international tobacco control over more than 50 years. […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/08/27/professor-mike-daube-50-years-of-service-to-public-health/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Professor Mike Daube: 50 Years of Service to Public Health' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/08/27/professor-mike-daube-50-years-of-service-to-public-health/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/advocacy/" rel="category tag">Advocacy</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/australia/" rel="category tag">Australia</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/plain-packaging/" rel="category tag">plain packaging</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-1727 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-1727"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/06/03/e-cigarette-and-cannabis-influencer-marketing-on-social-media-despite-regulations/" rel="bookmark">E-cigarette and cannabis influencer marketing on social media despite regulations</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/06/03/e-cigarette-and-cannabis-influencer-marketing-on-social-media-despite-regulations/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-06-03T09:01:38+00:00">June 3, 2024</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/kevansreeves/">Karen Evans-Reeves</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='E-cigarette and cannabis influencer marketing on social media despite regulations' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/06/03/e-cigarette-and-cannabis-influencer-marketing-on-social-media-despite-regulations/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Julia Vassey, Julia Chen-Sankey, Jennifer B. Unger Cannabis and nicotine are two of the most commonly used substances among youth in the United States. In 2023, 11.4% of eighth graders and 23.2% of 12th graders (15-17-year-olds) vaped nicotine, while 6.5% of eighth graders and 19.6% of 12th graders vaped cannabis in the past year. Some evidence […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/06/03/e-cigarette-and-cannabis-influencer-marketing-on-social-media-despite-regulations/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='E-cigarette and cannabis influencer marketing on social media despite regulations' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/06/03/e-cigarette-and-cannabis-influencer-marketing-on-social-media-despite-regulations/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-1726 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-1726"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/04/26/tobacco-control-reviewers-of-the-year-2023/" rel="bookmark">Tobacco Control reviewers of the year 2023</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/04/26/tobacco-control-reviewers-of-the-year-2023/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-04-26T16:00:03+00:00">April 26, 2024</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/kevansreeves/">Karen Evans-Reeves</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Tobacco Control reviewers of the year 2023' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/04/26/tobacco-control-reviewers-of-the-year-2023/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Tobacco Control’s annual Reviewers of the Year honour the extraordinary behind-the-scenes work that is essential to ensure that articles published in the journal meet the highest standards of rigour and quality. Selected by the Senior Editor team, these awards recognise those reviewers who go above and beyond – by not only accepting review invitations promptly […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/04/26/tobacco-control-reviewers-of-the-year-2023/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Tobacco Control reviewers of the year 2023' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/04/26/tobacco-control-reviewers-of-the-year-2023/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-1692 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-1692"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/02/05/cop-10-action-needed-to-prevent-tobacco-industry-interference-in-environmental-solutions/" rel="bookmark">COP 10: Action needed to prevent tobacco industry interference in environmental solutions</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/02/05/cop-10-action-needed-to-prevent-tobacco-industry-interference-in-environmental-solutions/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-02-05T11:33:26+00:00">February 5, 2024</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/kevansreeves/">Karen Evans-Reeves</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='COP 10: Action needed to prevent tobacco industry interference in environmental solutions' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/02/05/cop-10-action-needed-to-prevent-tobacco-industry-interference-in-environmental-solutions/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Deborah Sy and Lilia Olefir In its 10th session, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Conference of the Parties (COP) has for the first time, an opportunity to support the development of options for using liability to protect the environment, as suggested by the Draft Decision on WHO FCTC Article 19 initially proposed […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/02/05/cop-10-action-needed-to-prevent-tobacco-industry-interference-in-environmental-solutions/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='COP 10: Action needed to prevent tobacco industry interference in environmental solutions' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/02/05/cop-10-action-needed-to-prevent-tobacco-industry-interference-in-environmental-solutions/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-1691 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-1691"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/01/17/sluggish-and-yielding-governments-response-to-aggressive-tobacco-industry-interference-2023-global-tobacco-industry-interference-index/" rel="bookmark">Sluggish and yielding: Governments’ response to aggressive tobacco industry interference – 2023 Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/01/17/sluggish-and-yielding-governments-response-to-aggressive-tobacco-industry-interference-2023-global-tobacco-industry-interference-index/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-01-17T10:12:43+00:00">January 17, 2024</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/kevansreeves/">Karen Evans-Reeves</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Sluggish and yielding: Governments’ response to aggressive tobacco industry interference – 2023 Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/01/17/sluggish-and-yielding-governments-response-to-aggressive-tobacco-industry-interference-2023-global-tobacco-industry-interference-index/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Mary Assunta The tobacco industry (TI), that peddles harmful and addictive products globally, has intensified its interference to sabotage and undermine public health policy. Many governments succumbed to its influence mainly because they failed to act cohesively when dealing with the industry and its tactics. No country has been spared from the interference and there […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/01/17/sluggish-and-yielding-governments-response-to-aggressive-tobacco-industry-interference-2023-global-tobacco-industry-interference-index/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Sluggish and yielding: Governments’ response to aggressive tobacco industry interference – 2023 Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/01/17/sluggish-and-yielding-governments-response-to-aggressive-tobacco-industry-interference-2023-global-tobacco-industry-interference-index/' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'></div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span> </footer> </article> <article class="post-1685 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-1685"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2023/11/22/advocates-call-for-urgent-reform-of-bangladeshs-tobacco-tax-system/" rel="bookmark">Advocates call for urgent reform of Bangladesh’s tobacco tax system</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2023/11/22/advocates-call-for-urgent-reform-of-bangladeshs-tobacco-tax-system/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2023-11-22T16:39:22+00:00">November 22, 2023</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/kevansreeves/">Karen Evans-Reeves</a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Advocates call for urgent reform of Bangladesh's tobacco tax system' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2023/11/22/advocates-call-for-urgent-reform-of-bangladeshs-tobacco-tax-system/' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'></div><p>Mahir Dyan Amin, ABM Zubair, Md. 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