INTRODUCTION In 2004, Peru ratified the Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and in 2006 passed Law 28705 for tobacco consumption and exposure reduction. The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) provides data on youth tobacco use for development of tobacco control programs. Findings from the GYTS conducted in four main cities in Peru in 2000 and 2003 are report...

This paper summarizes prevalence and consequences, recent policies, prevention and cessation efforts, recent developmental work (focus groups), and speculation about the current status of cigarette smoking in the Russian Federation. Unique aspects of modern Russian society are suggested as leading to relatively high prevalence internationally of smoking among Russian males. Similar factors may ...

GENEVA, 10 January 2013 – The Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, adopted by the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in November, was opened for signature by the Parties in a ceremony at WHO Headquarters. The new international treaty is aimed at combating illegal trade in tobacco products through control of the supply chain and internationa...

INDIA: COURT BANS TOBACCO BOARD FROM TRADE SHOW The Global Tobacco Networking Forum (GTNF) 2010, billed by its organisers as ‘The greatest tobacco talk show on Earth’, was held in October in the south Indian city of Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore). The popular Indian slogan, ‘India shining’, encapsulating the optimistic spirit of India’s ongoing economic resurgence, mightwell have been uttered b...