In researching passive smoking issues for a suggested 'best practice'
model in Australia, I was asked -- no, urged -- by normally sedate and
conservative tobacco control bureaucrats a number of jurisdictions (which
had no legislation to limit smoking in indoor areas) to consider the issue
of smoking in outdoor places of public assembly. This was clearly an
Issue of Public Importance.
In researching passive smoking issues for a suggested 'best practice'
model in Australia, I was asked -- no, urged -- by normally sedate and
conservative tobacco control bureaucrats a number of jurisdictions (which
had no legislation to limit smoking in indoor areas) to consider the issue
of smoking in outdoor places of public assembly. This was clearly an
Issue of Public Importance.
My own experience in the Australian Capital Territory -- where
smokefree indoor air legislation has been in effect since 1994 -- was also
that the public is unhappy about ETS exposure when they attend events at
outdoor venues. I was aware of moves in the USA to prohibit smoking at
such venues, promoted by statement such as, 'We wanted to make this the
best family venue in California.' But in the 'evidence-based policy'
environment of Australia, did this mean that prohibiting or restricting
smoking at these venues is justified on health grounds?
I believe that there is evidence to support the view that, although
people's ETS exposure in venues which are substantially or entirely
unenclosed will normally be less than in enclosed spaces, tobacco smoke
exposure in these circumstances can product symptoms of ill health. These
can be a particular concern for vulnerable individuals such as young
children, pregnant women and people who suffer from allergies and pre-
existing respiratory or cardiovascular conditions.
Particularly in places where smoking in indoor environments is
subject to legislative control, the community accepts (and expects) that
they have a right to be protected from ETS exposure in confined areas. If
this is protection is not provided as a matter of venue policy, there is
no reason that it should not be included in smokefree public places
legislation. Such a provision could refer to restricting or prohibiting
smoking in a place or part of a place where, during an event to which
members of the public are invited or permitted to attend, persons sit or
stand in immediate proximity to each other.
If such legislation also has provisions which require reasonable
steps to be taken to prevent tobacco smoke from penetrating non-smoking
areas, then this should motivate building managers to ensure that outdoor
smoking areas are located well away from building entrances and air
intakes.
Margo Goodin
Director, Tobacco Control Program
ACT Department of Health and Community Care
Canberra
The views expressed are the views of the author and should not be
taken as representatives of the Department or of the ACT Government.
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Thanks so much for an excellent article!! We can't be pro-active
enough against the smoking cartel deceivers!!
The MSA volume adjustment provision makes me sick!! How our
government and people have been duped and diced!
I recently read some facts about smoking in China and it said over
300 million in China now living will die prematurely from smoking!! Truly
we have a challenge o...
Thanks so much for an excellent article!! We can't be pro-active
enough against the smoking cartel deceivers!!
The MSA volume adjustment provision makes me sick!! How our
government and people have been duped and diced!
I recently read some facts about smoking in China and it said over
300 million in China now living will die prematurely from smoking!! Truly
we have a challenge on our hands as activists and health educators to help
the young, the gullible, the innocent!
God bless you in your work and may your pen and voice be even more
active in the days and weeks ahead as you seek to be a blessing and help
to others!!
I found your very interesting......and I would very much like to know
how you quit. My husband has been dipping since he was about 14. I hate
it, my children hate it and he has tried to quit many times. It is
interfering in our lives in many ways.....
There are all kinds of things out there to help people to stop
smoking, but i've never seen information suggesting that those who dip
would need help quitting....
I found your very interesting......and I would very much like to know
how you quit. My husband has been dipping since he was about 14. I hate
it, my children hate it and he has tried to quit many times. It is
interfering in our lives in many ways.....
There are all kinds of things out there to help people to stop
smoking, but i've never seen information suggesting that those who dip
would need help quitting.
If anyone out there reads this and has any ideas for me please e-
mail me at carm180@aol.com
I read with interest your article in Tobacco Control "Curbing the
epidemic: governments and the economics of tobacco control".
Within the context of a hedonic pricing model a colleague and I
recently ran a set of regressions relating cigarette prices to their
characteristics (nicotine content, carbon monoxide content, tar level
etc). Primarily the intent was to establish were all...
I read with interest your article in Tobacco Control "Curbing the
epidemic: governments and the economics of tobacco control".
Within the context of a hedonic pricing model a colleague and I
recently ran a set of regressions relating cigarette prices to their
characteristics (nicotine content, carbon monoxide content, tar level
etc). Primarily the intent was to establish were all smokers the "same" or
did sub-groups exist that differed from each other. We have written this
up as a working paper.
We found (not surprisingly) that at least 2 sub-groups existed.
May I ask two questions
1. has anyone considered the possibility of taxing the constituents
of cigarettes - e.g. tar content, carbon monoxide content etc. - as a way
of targeting tobacco effects rather than tobacco per se?
2. ignoring the industry and probable collusion within it - in
theory, does the potential exist to proliferate the variety of cigarettes
available to consumers - in terms of characteristic combinations - and
thereby allow consumers to select bundles that may have less harmful
effects than those they currently smoke?
By inference I am suggesting that these approaches may offer two
further weapons to the arsenal of tobacco control.
I accept of course that there is no such thing as a safe cigarette
and that the preferred option will always be abstinence.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts in due course,
yours sincerely,
Ciaran O'Neill
Ciaran O'Neill (PhD)
Reader in Health Economics and Policy
School of Public Policy, Law and Economics
University of Ulster at Jordanstown
Newtownabbey
Northern Ireland
Thank you so much for your inspiring story. I'm trying to find out
information regarding smokeless tobacco for an institutionwide project I'm
coordinating. We are trying to estimate the amounts/servings of smokeless
tobacco used by patients here. I am not sure how much snuff, smokeless
tobacco, or pipes/cigars smoked would be considered an average daily
amount. It has been difficult to quantify pat...
Thank you so much for your inspiring story. I'm trying to find out
information regarding smokeless tobacco for an institutionwide project I'm
coordinating. We are trying to estimate the amounts/servings of smokeless
tobacco used by patients here. I am not sure how much snuff, smokeless
tobacco, or pipes/cigars smoked would be considered an average daily
amount. It has been difficult to quantify patients' responses for our
form. Thanks very much for your help.
In researching passive smoking issues for a suggested 'best practice' model in Australia, I was asked -- no, urged -- by normally sedate and conservative tobacco control bureaucrats a number of jurisdictions (which had no legislation to limit smoking in indoor areas) to consider the issue of smoking in outdoor places of public assembly. This was clearly an Issue of Public Importance.
My own experience in the Aus...
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how will this movie be marketed. can it be purchased by local grass roots groups trying to show it to underaged youth? if so, who should we contact and what will it cost? thanks. We are seeking information on this, and will post an answer shortly. -ed.
Dear Bill,
Thanks so much for an excellent article!! We can't be pro-active enough against the smoking cartel deceivers!!
The MSA volume adjustment provision makes me sick!! How our government and people have been duped and diced!
I recently read some facts about smoking in China and it said over 300 million in China now living will die prematurely from smoking!! Truly we have a challenge o...
I found your very interesting......and I would very much like to know how you quit. My husband has been dipping since he was about 14. I hate it, my children hate it and he has tried to quit many times. It is interfering in our lives in many ways.....
There are all kinds of things out there to help people to stop smoking, but i've never seen information suggesting that those who dip would need help quitting....
Dear Prof. Chaloupka,
I read with interest your article in Tobacco Control "Curbing the epidemic: governments and the economics of tobacco control".
Within the context of a hedonic pricing model a colleague and I recently ran a set of regressions relating cigarette prices to their characteristics (nicotine content, carbon monoxide content, tar level etc). Primarily the intent was to establish were all...
Dear Jane,
Thank you so much for your inspiring story. I'm trying to find out information regarding smokeless tobacco for an institutionwide project I'm coordinating. We are trying to estimate the amounts/servings of smokeless tobacco used by patients here. I am not sure how much snuff, smokeless tobacco, or pipes/cigars smoked would be considered an average daily amount. It has been difficult to quantify pat...
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