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up-to-date on what we are doing
and achieving—particularly in the
area of paper proposals and
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The International Tobacco Control
Policy Evaluation Project
the Wave. Volume 1, Issue 2: April 2011
Announcements 1
Announcements (cont.) 2
ITC in the News 2
Policy Updates 2
Presentations 3
Papers Published 3
National Reports 3
Grants 3
Reminders 3
Paper Proposals 4
The ITC Project Monthly Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 2: April 2011
Designed by Tania Cheng.
European Conference on Tobacco or Health—Amsterdam
The 5th European Conference on Tobacco or Health took place in Amsterdam, the
Netherlands from March 28th to March 30th, 2011. Members of the ITC Europe Project
team presented a Symposium entitled: Minimising Exposure to Second-hand Smoke:
Findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation (ITC) Project. The sympo-
sium presented data on smoke-free public places, homes, and cars in Europe and beyond.
The ITC Europe Project team is currently working on submitting a supplement with ITC
Europe findings to the European Journal of Public Health.
Roswell Park Videos
Julia Purpera and Paul Hage from Roswell Park Cancer Institute are busy creating video
vignettes that will highlight key findings from numerous ITC projects. These vignettes will
offer alternative ways to disseminate information, while creating stronger public awareness
of tobacco control issues. This month’s release is “Packaging Labels - Why It Matters”. ITC
Investigators Dave Hammond and Ron Borland discuss the changing landscape of cigarette
packaging. Hear why graphic warning labels are effective deterrents against smoking, and
how plain packaging is one of the most important innovations in tobacco control. To view
any of RPCI’s vignettes go to www.roswellitc.com.
OTRU Student Presentation Award
Omid Fotuhi was named a recipient of the OTRU Student Presentation
Award at the SRNT 17th Annual Meeting held in Toronto, Ontario in
February. He received 1st place for his poster, “Depression and
Cessation: A Longitudinal Analysis Using Data from the International
Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey". Congratulations, Omid!
Pictured left to right are symposium presenters and chairs: Ute Mons (ITC Germany), Ann
McNeill (ITC UK), Marc Willemsen (ITC Netherlands), Lorraine Craig (ITC Europe Project
Manager), Sara Hitchman (ITC Europe Student Project Manager), Gera Nagelhout (ITC
Netherlands), and Geoffrey Fong.
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Welcome to UW’s New Project Managers!
Knowledge on harm caused by tobacco is lowest among Dutch smokers
The results of a new ITC Netherlands report on smokers' awareness of the health risks of smoking and exposure to second-hand
smoke were released in DutchNews.nl (March 29) and BMJ news at http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d2138.short?etoc.
According to the report, the knowledge about the health damage caused by smoking and passive smoking among Dutch smokers
lags well behind other countries. The report is available at http://www.itcproject.org/blogs/mediacover/
theneedfortobaccoeducationcampaignsinthenetherland.
Women and the smoking epidemic: turning the tide
Sara Hitchman and Geoff Fong published a paper entitled “Gender Empowerment and Female-to-Male Smoking Prevalence Ratios”
in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. The paper showed a strong association between the ratio of female and male
smoking rates, and gender empowerment in many countries. The association is clearly linked to the level of economic development,
which is measured by income per capita and income inequality. It received worldwide press after publication, including the following:
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/03/01/us-smoking-women-idINTRE7206B320110301
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20928023.100-empowered-women-smoke-more.html
http://www.aolhealth.com/2011/03/02/rising-status-causing-more-women-to-smoke/
http://healthland.time.com/2011/03/02/female-empowerment-is-great-%E2%80%94-except-when-it-comes-to-smoking/
Lisa Hickman is the new ITC Project Manager for India, Bangladesh,
Mauritius, and South East Asia. Before joining the ITC team, Lisa worked
in Social Planning for the Region of Waterloo and with Health Services
at the University of Waterloo. Lisa received her undergraduate degree in
Psychology from Goa University and her Master’s degree in Psychology
(specializing in Community Psychology) from Wilfrid Laurier University.
Lisa can be reached via email at [email protected] and by phone
at 519-888-4567 ext. 31281.
Amanda Duncan is the new ITC Project Manager who will take over
management of the Four Country and Brazil Surveys, and will assist
with the China Survey. Amanda previously worked as a Research
Coordinator in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta. She
has a Master’s degree in Anthropology (with specialization in Medical
Anthropology) from the University of Alberta, and received her
undergraduate degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. Amanda can be
reached via email at: [email protected], and by phone at
519-888-4567 ext. 31241.
China
On March 22, 2011, the China Ministry of Health released the "Detailed Implementation Rules for Public Place Sanitary
Administration Regulation", to take effect on May 1, 2011. Article 18 relates to smoke-free regulations, in which: (1) smoking is
banned in indoor public places; (2) administrators of public places should set up salient no-smoking signs and warning labels; and
(3) managers of public places should (a) conduct “propaganda" (actions to inform people) of the harms of smoking on health, and
(b) allocate staff to stop people from smoking in indoor areas.
Chinese Version of ITC China Supplement Available
The ITC China Supplement entitled “Identifying the challenges to tobacco control in China: Findings from the
International Tobacco Control (ITC) China Project”, published in October 2010 in Tobacco Control, has been translated
and is now available in Chinese here: http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/19/Suppl_2/suppl/DC1
2011 ITC Achievements
to Date
13 papers
20 posters
16 presentations
1 national
report
2 grants
The following papers were published in March 2011. For a full
list of all publications to date, see the ITC Academic Papers List
on our website.
Thrasher JF, Villalobos VE, Barnoya J, Sansores R, O’Connor
R. Consumption of single cigarettes and quitting behav-
ior: A longitudinal analysis of Mexican smokers. BMC Public
Health. 2011;11:134.
Thrasher JF, Huang L, Pérez-Hernández R, Niederdeppe J,
Arillo-Santillán E, Alday J. Evaluation of a social marketing
campaign to support Mexico City’s comprehensive smoke-
free law. American Journal of Public Health. 2011;101
(2):328-335.
Nagelhout, Mons, Allwright, Guignard, Beck, Fong, De Vries,
Willemsen. Prevalence and predictors of smoking in "smoke-
free" bars. Findings from the International Tobacco Control
(ITC) Europe Surveys. (Available on the website of Social
Science & Medicine later this week)
Hitchman SC, Fong GT. Gender empowerment and female-to
-male smoking prevalence ratios. Bull World Health Organ.
2011;89:195-202.
For the full list of 2011 presentations to date,
please see the Conference Presentations
Citation List.
Thrasher JF. Advertencias sanitarias con
pictogramas para el control de tabaco en
México: a 6 meses de su implementación.
[Health warning labels with pictures for tobacco
control in Mexico: 6 months after implementation]
Congreso de Investigación en Salud Pública.
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca,
México. March 3, 2011. Invited oral presentation.
Pérez-Hernández R, Arillo-Santillán E, Thrasher JF,
Amorin Claro de Castro EF. Impacto de las políticas
públicas en la norma social de prohibir fumar en
hogares mexicanos. [Impact of tobacco control policies
on the social acceptability of smoking in Mexican
homes] Congreso de Investigación en Salud Pública.
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca,
México. March 3, 2011. Poster.
Nagelhout G. Prevalence and predictors of smoking in
smokefree bars. Findings from ITC Ireland, France,
Germany, and the Netherlands. ECToH. Amsterdam,
Netherlands. March 29, 2011. Symposium presentation.
Mons U. Adoption of home smoking bans after the
implementation of national smokefree laws. ECToH.
Amsterdam, Netherlands. March 29, 2011. Symposium
presentation.
Hitchman S. Smoking in cars with nonsmokers: findings
from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, UK, and
US. ECToH. Amsterdam, Netherlands. March 29, 2011.
Symposium presentation.
Fong G. Achieving smokefree environments: ITC findings
outside Europe, new frontiers and basic principles for
success of smokefree initiatives. ECToH. Amsterdam,
Netherlands. March 29, 2011. Symposium presentation.
Some sections of the newsletter include links to the ITC
website. If you are not a registered user, send an email to
Review the attached paper proposal document and inform
us of any changes or requests for extension.
Send any submissions for the May 2011 issue to
[email protected] Please put “Newsletter” in the subject
headline.
Huang C & Thompson ME. Accounting for Measurement
Difference Across Countries in International Surveys.
International Total Survey Error Workshop. Quebec City,
Quebec. June 19-22, 2011. Poster.
Downloadable PDFs of all ITC National Reports are available at
ITC National Reports at www.itcproject.org.
Completed
ITC Project (March 2011). ITC Netherlands Survey. Report
on Smokers’ Awareness of the Health Risks of Smoking and
Exposure to Second-hand Smoke. University of Waterloo,
Ontario, Canada. Available at: http://www.itcproject.org/
download/.attachments/ITC%20Netherlands%
20Knowledge%20Final.pdf
In the Works
ITC China Project Report, Wave 1 to 3
ITC Bhutan National Report, Wave 1
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Fogarty RO3 (Geoff Fong): Requested $150,000 Direct Costs
over 3 years to conduct the ITC Kenya Survey. Submitted
January 10, 2011.
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These are the papers that are now open to others to take up.
The following paper proposals were approved last month:
Kasza, Hyland, Cummings, Fong, Borland, Hastings. Use and efficacy of stop smoking medications among the general
population. Data sets: 4C (W1-7).
Kasza, Hyland, Cummings, Fong, Borland, Hastings. Trends in use of stop smoking medications in four countries across seven
years. Data sets: 4C (W1-7).
Kasza, Hyland, Cummings, Fong, Borland, Hastings. Who receives information/advice to quit, and is receipt of information/
advice associated with making quit attempts, using evidence-based assistance during quit attempts, and smoking cessation?
Data sets: 4C (W1-7).
Hyland. Kasza, McKee, Rivard. Change in smoke-free bar policies and alcohol consumption. Data sets: 4C (W4,6,7).
Licht, Hyland, O’Connor, Chaloupka, Borland, Fong, Nargis, Cummings. How do price minimizing behaviors impact smoking
cessation? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey. Data sets: 4C (W5-7)
Yong, Borland, Thrasher, Thompson et al. Stability of cigarette consumption over time among continuing smokers: A latent
growth curve analysis. Data sets: 4C
Yong, O'Connor, Li, Yang, et al. SES differences in self-efficacy & dependence among Chinese smokers. Data sets: CN
Rennen, Nagelhout, Willemsen, et al. Tobacco control policies, denormalization, and smoking cessation. Data sets: FR (W1-2),
DE (W1-2), NL (W1,W3).
Cooper, Borland, Fotuhi. A population-based study of the impact of quitting smoking on depressive symptoms. Findings from
the ITC study. Data sets: 4C (W5-7)
Kennedy, Spafford, Fong, Thompson. Smoking Cessation Advice and the Role of Socioeconomic Status, and Health - findings
from the ITC Four Country Study. Data sets: 4C (W3-8)
Paper proposals are supposed to result in the paper being submitted within 9 months of approval. The following proposals
are entering their last month. If the lead author wants to retain the paper, they need to request an extension by
emailing the appropriate group (see ITC Paper and Presentation Policy). Where there is a circulated draft, there
will be an automatic initial 3-month extension. Extensions for papers without a draft or subsequent
extensions will not be automatic.
ITC China Project
workshop (Xi’an)
CATI Training in Malaysia
ITC Bhutan
meeting w MOH