Tobacco Prevention and Control Division

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The Union Tobacco Prevention and Control Division was created in 1996 to gather state of the art practical strategies for low income countries and disseminate this information through technical assistance, education and applied research.

Prior to this, and as far back as 1981, The Union had already adapted a non-smoking policy for all its meetings, conferences, courses and workshops. Furthermore, in 2005, the Board of Directors of The Union determined that as of 2006, all Union programmes must include a tobacco control element.

Tobacco use is often associated with poverty: people who smoke spend their limited resources on tobacco products instead of food and find themselves trapped in the vicious circle of impoverishment and poor health. By 2020, tobacco use will account for 22% of all deaths in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, 18% of all deaths in China and in OECD countries (Oganisation for economic co-operation and development), and 14% of all deaths in India.

The Union is committed to helping countries meet the Millennium Development Goals and to eradicating poverty, an immediate consequence of tobacco use.

• Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) http://www.who.int/tobacco/framework/en/
• Framework Convention Alliance (FCA): http://www.fctc.org
• French League Against Cancer (la Ligue contre le cancer): http://www.ligue-cancer.asso.fr/index.php
• Guildford Archiving Project (GAP): http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/cgch/tobacco/guildford.htm
• International Network of Women Against Tobacco (INWAT) http://www.inwat.org/index.htm
• International Non Governmental Coalition Against Tobacco (INGCAT): http://www.ingcat.org/
• International Union Against Cancer (UICC): http://www.uicc.org/
• International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE): http://www.iuhpe.nyu.edu/
• The Union’s Tobacco Prevention Scientific Section
• World Lung Foundation:http://www.worldlungfoundation.org/

Tobacco Control and Prevention. A Guide for Low-Income Countries. [Download PDF file] (Exist in English and Spanish only)

Factsheets and publications

1. 10 facts about tobacco. [download word version]
2. Tobacco: a worldwide problem. [download word version]
3. Tobacco industry youth prevention programmes. [download word version]
4. Current challenges in tobacco control: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 8 (10):1160-1172 . [Download pdf]
5. Global tobacco control must become a top public health priority: Editorial Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 8 (10):1159 [Download pdf]
6. Tobacco control (from UICC handbook: Evidence-Based Cancer Prevention: Strategies for NGOs. 2004 ) [Download pdf]
7. Behaviour change (from UICC Handbook Evidence-Based Cancer Prevention: Strategies for NGOs. 2004). [Download pdf]
8. Women and tobacco. A collection of fact sheets that look at how tobacco use affects women’s health, pregnancy, child birth and children. [download PDF]
9. The Union position paper on Second hand smoke. [download PDF]
10. The effect of passive smoking on respiratory health in children and adults: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 8 (5): 510-516 [download PDF]
11. Position paper: health professionals code of practice, 2004 [download PDF]
12. The role of health professionals in tobacco control: World No Tobacco Day 2005 publication [download PDF]
13. From evidence to practice: tobacco control effectiveness. IUHPE – PROMOTION & EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT 1 2005 [Download PDF]

Powerpoint presentations

These Powerpoint Presentations are available online as PDF files. If you would like the Powerpoint versions, please contact The Union at union@iuatld.org and put Tobacco presentations in the subject line.

1. Tobacco control interventions and results, 2002. [download PDF version]
2. Treating adolescent smokers, 2003. [download PDF version]
3. Adolescents, Sligo Winter School, 2005. [download PDF version]
4. Smoking cessation techniques for women, 2003. [download PDF version]
5. Behaviour and cessation, 2003. [download PDF version]
6. Exposure to others tobacco smoke, 2003. [download PDF version]
7. Best evidence for tobacco control, 2005 [download PDF version]
8. Sin Taxes, Earmarking, Health Promotion: Can they go together? 2005 [download PDF version]

And for visual resources, you may consult the Image Library on Lung Health: http://www.wlf.lpipserver.com/index.asp

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