ITC Findings :: Reports, Surveys, and Other Research Products
Final report: Pre-World Conference on Tobacco OR Health (WCTOH) workshop:
“Measuring the Effectiveness of Tobacco Control” (METC), CDC
grant number: H13/CCH224999-01 (www.itconference.com).
(Download PDF)
TTURC Administrative Core report: All TTURC and ITC Project-related symposia,
presentations and posters presented at the 13th World Conference on Tobacco
or Health, Washington, D.C, July 2006. (Download PDF)
Newspaper article: Cigarette companies should have graphic warning labels
on their packs. [Syarikat pengeluar rokok diwajib pamer tanda amaran bergrafik].
Utusan Malaysia, page 12, April 15, 2006. (Download PDF)
Newspaper article: Cigarette packs in year 2010 [Kotak Rokok pada 2010].
Kosmo, Saturday, page 2, April 15, 2006. (Download PDF)
Newspaper article: Cigarette packs with scary images [Kotak Rokok Imej Ngeri].
Harian Metro, Saturday, page 12, April 15, 2006. (Download PDF)
Newspaper article: Soon, graphic warning labels for cigarette packets. The
Star, page 28, April 15, 2006. (Download PDF)
Omar, M. Implementation of FCTC in Malaysia – Development of pictorial
health warnings, Article II (in Malay Language). [Pelaksanaan FCTC di Malaysia
- Pembangunan rekabentuk produk label amaran bergrafik (Artikel 11)]. Clearinghouse
for Tobacco Control, National Poison Centre, USM. August 2006, 15 pages.
(Download PDF)
Roswell Park Data Management Core: International Tobacco Control South-east
Asia Survey Wave 1 Technical Report, December 2006. (Download PDF)
Draft: Roswell Park Data Management Core: Tobacco Control Policy Survey
in India (TCP India Survey). Interviewer Training Manual, Wave 1 Pilot Survey,
November 29, 2006. (Download PDF)
Roswell Park TTURC website: www.tobaccofreeair.org
(Download PDF)
Sirirassamee B, Sethaput C, Guest P, Polprasert W, Prohmmo A, Gainroj P.
International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC) – Thailand
wave 1: Smoking behaviour, opinion and belief among Thai youth. Presented
at the press conference organized by Thai Health Promotion Foundation, Bangkok,
Thailand, September 19, 2005. (Download PDF)
Hassan L. There is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke. Presented
at the 49th International ICAA [International Council on Alcohol and Addictions]
Conference on Dependencies “Effects of policy interventions in prevention
and treatment. What makes good practice?”, Edinburgh, Scotland, September
3-7, 2006. (Download PDF)
Yan M. (2007) Test-retest reliability and predictive validity for selected
questions in the ITC Four Country Survey. ITC Project technical report (see
www.itcproject.org). (Download
PDF)
Press release: Myers, ML (Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids). New studies show
effectiveness of large cigarette health warnings like those required by
legislation granting FDA authority over tobacco. (Download PDF)
Chaloupka F. Panel 2 presentation at the President’s Cancer Panel
meeting “Promoting Health Lifestyles to Reduce the Risk of Cancer”,
October 23, 2006, Lexington, Kentucky. (Download PDF)
Giovino G. The tobacco use epidemic. Panel 1 presentation at the President’s
Cancer Panel meeting “Promoting Health Lifestyles to Reduce the Risk
of Cancer”, October 23, 2006, Lexington, Kentucky. Meeting summary,
pp 4-7. (Download PDF)
Cummings KM. The tobacco use epidemic. Panel 1 presentation at the President’s
Cancer Panel meeting “Promoting Health Lifestyles to Reduce the Risk
of Cancer”. Policies to promote tobacco harm minimization, October
23, 2006, Lexington, Kentucky. Meeting summary, pp 4-7. (Download PDF)
Fong GT. The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project: Evaluating
and understanding the impact of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Presented at the 141st meeting of the National Cancer Advisory Board, Bethesda,
Maryland, February 6, 2007. (Download PDF)
Connolly G. The need for FDA regulation of tobacco products (Family Smoking
Prevention and Tobacco Control Act – S.625). Testimony before the
U.S. Senate Commission on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, February
27, 2007. (Download PDF)
Cummings, KM. Roswell Park TTURC policy statement, overview of current research
activities and long-term goals in Latin America. Distributed at the meeting
on Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Tobacco Research Priorities, sponsored
by the InterAmerican Heart Foundation and the International Development
Research Center, Colonia, Uruguay, March 2007. See also CDP and DRP progress
reports. (Download PDF)
Conference packet: Second International Conference on Fire Safer Cigarettes,
Harvard School of Public Health, December 11-12, 2006. See also Administrative
Core progress report. (Download PDF)
Giovino G. Optimal monitoring of the tobacco epidemic: What cohort studies
add. Presented May 4, 2007. (Download PDF)
Press release (Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids): New study: Smoke-free restaurants
& bars have dramatically lower air pollution than those allowing workplace
smoking (Shows need for tobacco treaty ratifiers to implement smoke-free
provisions), 2006.
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BBC news article online: Picture smoking warnings best – Pictorial
health warnings on cigarette packets are more likely to encourage smokers
to quit, a Canadian study says, February 6, 2007. (Download PDF)
McNeill A, McIntyre D. TTURC DRP Wave 3 final report “Smokers’
perceptions of relative harm based on package information”. (Download
PDF)
Press release (Tobacco Control Research and Knowledge Management Center,
Mahidol University, Thailand): Youth venue air samples hazardous. Published
in 2 English- and 20+ Thai-language newspapers with distribution assistance
from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Thailand, January 16, 2007. (Download
PDF)
Ubelacker S. Graphic warnings take more notice of graphic warnings on cigarette
packs: Study. Published on www.abcnews.go.com;
www.canada.com; www.ctv.ca;
www.cbc.ca; and www.globeandmail.com,
February 6, 2007. (Download PDF)
Hitti, M. Cigarette warnings: Is bigger better? Published by CBS News /
WebMD (www.cbsnews.com), February
6, 2007. (Download PDF)
AFP news brief (France) – Anti-smoking campaigns: Gore works best.
Released by www.france24.com,
February 6, 2007. (Download PDF)
Bakalar N. Labeling: Pictures trump text on cigarette warnings. Published
on www.nytimes.com, February
13, 2007. (Download PDF)
Pizer D. Smokers get the pictures. Ottawa Sun, February 6, 2007. (Download
PDF)
Health Day News. U.S. cigarette pack warnings ineffective: Study. Published
on www.washingtonpost.com,
February 6, 2007. (Download PDF)
Pagina/12 (Argentina). Cuando las imagines impactan mas que las advertencies
de siempre. Published on www.pagina12.com/ar.
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Clarin.com. Las imagines de advertencia en los paquetes de cigarillos logran
intimidar a los fumadores. Published on www.servicios.clarin.com,
February 6, 2007. (Download PDF)
China Daily (Daily Mail). Picture warnings will ‘make smokers give
up’. Published on www.chinadaily.com,
February 7, 2007. (Download PDF)
7Days (Abu Dhabi). Get gory on smoking. Published on www.7days.ae,
February 7, 2007. (Download PDF)
The West (Australia). Put ‘big picture warnings on cig packs’.
Published on www.thewest.com.au,
February 6, 2007. (Download PDF)
Sullum J. What’s fraud for big tobacco is regulation for big government.
Published on www.reason.com,
February 14, 2007. (Download PDF)
Draft report: International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project –
ITC Germany Survey. Specifications and protocol for survey field work, wave
1, March 15, 2007. (Download PDF)
Report: International Tobacco Control Policy Survey – India. Household
enumeration form (2007). (Download PDF)
Fong GT. TCP India Project: Objectives and possible questions for debriefing
of survey field teams, March 15, 2007. (Download PDF)
Thompson ME, Fong GT. Aspects of creating and implementing an ITC Project
survey, July 2006. (Download PDF)
Data Management Core: Attrition technical report. (Download PDF)
Data Management Core: ITC China workshop – Data management and analysis,
Beijing, China, January 21-24, 2007. (Download PDF)
Data Management Core: ITC-China survey – Weight construction, August
22, 2006. (Download PDF)
Data Management Core: ITC-SEA wave 2 weights, March 19, 2007. (Download
PDF)
Draft: Data Management Core: Weights for wave 1, Mexico, October 29, 2006.
(Download PDF)
Revised Draft: Data Management Core: Weights for wave 1, Uruguay, April
26, 2007. (Download PDF)
Thompson ME. Addendum to technical reports: Construction and use of weights
for the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey, May 9, 2006.
(Download PDF)
Thompson ME. Addendum to technical reports: Construction and use of weights
for the International Tobacco Control Ireland/UK Survey, April 27, 2006.
(Download PDF)
Thompson ME. Addendum to technical reports: Construction and use of weights
for the International Tobacco Control Scotland/UK Survey (Waves 1, 2), April
10, 2006.
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Report: Hyland A, Travers MJ, Higbee C, Cummings KM, Dresler C, Carpenter
C, Connolly G. Global Air Monitoring Study: A 20 country comparison of levels
of indoor air pollution in different workplaces, September 2006. (Download
PDF)
CBC News. Chinese health experts visit Canada for tips on anti-smoking policy,
May 17, 2007. (Download PDF)