PHA-Exchange> Fwd: New Tobacco Fact Sheets Now Available

[WBB Trust]

>Dear Colleague:
>
>The Framework Convention Alliance is pleased to announce the release of a 
>series of
>tobacco fact sheets, now available on the internet at:
>http://www.fctc.org/factsheets/index.php
>
>These fact sheets are designed for policymakers, NGOs, journalists and others
>interested in tobacco. They provide summaries of current research, provide
>responses to common industry arguments, give some guidance on the relevant 
>sections
>of the global tobacco treaty (the FCTC) and provide sources for more 
>information.
>Over the next few months we will have these translated into at least French &
>Spanish and will be adding new ones on such issues as taxes and 
>agriculture. We
>currently have the following 10 fact sheets:
>
>1.  Tobacco Facts: http://fctc.org/factsheets/1.pdf
>2.  About the FCTC: http://fctc.org/factsheets/2.pdf
>3.  Secondhand Smoke: http://fctc.org/factsheets/3.pdf
>4.  Tobacco Product Regulation: http://fctc.org/factsheets/4.pdf
>5.  Cessation & Treatment: http://fctc.org/factsheets/5.pdf
>6.  Searching Tobacco Industry Documents: http://fctc.org/factsheets/6.pdf
>7.  Warning Labels: http://fctc.org/factsheets/7.pdf
>8.  Smuggling: http://fctc.org/factsheets/8.pdf
>9.  Advertising & Promotion: http://fctc.org/factsheets/9.pdf
>10. Tobacco & the Millenium Development Goals: 
>http://fctc.org/factsheets/10.pdf
>
>We hope these find you useful in your work and encourage you to distribute 
>them as
>you see fit. As we will be updating these periodically, we would welcome your
>suggestions for improving them and ideas for additonal fact sheets. 
>Finally, a big
>thank you to the many people who took the time to review the drafts and 
>provide
>incredibly useful and detailed comments.
>
>Cheers,
>Ross Hammond, Chair
>Policy Committee
>Framework Convention Alliance on Tobacco Control
>http://www.fctc.org

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