CONFERENCE PROCEEDING
Work Package 8 of the Joint Action on Tobacco Control 2: Smoke-free environments and tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship (TAPS) legislation in Europe
More details
Hide details
1
Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
2
The Croatian Institute of Public Health (CIPH), Croatia
3
National Public Health Organization of Greece (NPHO), Greece
4
The National Korányi Institute of Pulmonology (OKPI), Hungary
5
5Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri (IRFMN), Italy
6
The Oncologic network, prevention and research Institute (ISPRO), Italy
7
Drug, tobacco and alcohol control department (NTAKD), Lithuania
8
Norwegian Directorate of Public Health (HDIR), Norway
9
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, (NIPH), Norway
10
Institute of Public Health of Serbia, “Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut” (IPHS)
11
The National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ), Slovenia
12
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), Spain
13
National Prevention Tobacco Committee (CNPT), Spain
14
Asociación Nofumadores.org
Publication date: 2022-07-05
Tob. Prev. Cessation 2022;8(Supplement):A49
ABSTRACT
Background:
Among the WHO regions, Europe has the highest prevalence of tobacco smoking among adults (28%) and one of the highes prevalence of tobacco use among adolescents. The second Joint Action on Tobacco Control 2 (JATC2) aims to cultivate a community of knowledge-sharing across Member States. It will harvest the value of best practices concerning the enforcement and market surveillance in order to improve the implementation of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), the Tobacco Advertising Directive (TAD) and develop endgame strategies to protect their citizens from secondhand smoke (SHS) and aerosols.
Objective:
The objectives are to outline and disseminate best practices for addressing upcoming challenges to aerosol- and smokefree environments implementation (Framework Convention on Tobacco Control FCTC Art.8 and Art.18) and to assess the implementation and impact of tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS) (FCTC Art.13) in Europe.
Methods:
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of information on barriers, opportunities and best practices for achieving aerosol and smokefree environments. The results of the consultation will be further discussed with the experts at a symposium to reach a consensus on best practices identification. A consultation to experts on how to address challenges for the application of the EU bans on crossborder and internet TAPS will be conducted.
Results:
A harmonized approach to establishing aerosol and smoke-free environments including but not limited to outdoor areas and some private settings disseminated via: 1) Weight of evidence paper, 2) webinar, 3) Web-based repository, and 4) Position paper. A recommendation to update the applicable rules on TAPS undertaken by Member States and develop weight of evidence for a new TAD.
Conclusions:
Collaboration and cooperation between Member States is vital for the success of the project to develop sustainable policy recommendations for the expansion of aerosol and smoke-free environments and comprehensive research on the applicability of TPD and TAD.