Organized by the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China, the World Health Organization, the Regional Office for the Western Pacific, the National Conference on Policy Development of Tobacco Control in China in the 21st Century was held in Beijing May 29–31, 2000. The Conference was planned in response to the increasing awareness of the significant impact of the tobacco epidemic on Chinese society. This conference brought together nearly 50 national and 30 international participants from a wide range of disciplines, including health economics, epidemiology, development, health promotion, medicine, health policy, child and adolescent health and agriculture. At the conclusion, conference participants proposed the following key elements for a comprehensive national tobacco control plan: Strengthen and implement comprehensive legislation on tobacco control: - Increase the price of tobacco through taxation
- Ban all forms of direct and indirect advertising, sponsorship and promotion
- Regulate tobacco and provide strong, prominent warnings on packaging
- Reduce involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke
Strengthen the national mass-media campaign: - In the national tobacco control network, include mass-media representatives from the national and provincial levels
- Research and develop targeted messages, including those on the health risks of tobacco use and the need for tobacco control measures
- Provide feedback to a media campaign from surveillance systems
- Develop and strengthen comprehensive community tobacco control programs
Chinese Ministry of Health. National conference on policy development on tobacco control in China in the 21st century. 2000. Beijing, P.R.C., Ministry of Health. View PDF
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