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Information de l'at [French version]

Previous title: Information AT, under the association names: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tabakmissbrauch , Association Tabagisme, and Associazione Tabagismo; also titled: AT-Information [German version]

Tobacco use, occupation, coffee, various nutrients, and bladder cancer

Objective of this study was to delineate the role of cigarette smoking, occupational exposure, and other risk factors in the etiology of bladder cancer and to determine the extent to which identified risk factors could account for the disease. Transcripts cross reference: 04096 - Vol 26

The 1994 tobacco tax cuts: revenue impact and policy alternatives

Shows that governments were much better off financially prior to the 1994 tax cuts in Canada, even with the significant amount of smuggling in evidence. Decreases resulted in combined federal and provincial revenue losses of more than $1.2 billion in fiscal year 1994-1995. $656 million of this was lost by the federal government alone, more than twice the amount predicted. Also looks at the health impact of the roll back, promised measures, the export tax, improved tax-paid markings, and other policy altern

Legal Liability in the Deaths of Smokers: Cigarette Manufacturers are Held Responsible

"Contents include: B. 1) Liability; 2) The Causal Link; 3) Warnings on Cigarette Packages and their Effect; 4) ""Willful Self-Jeopardy"" as a Possible Defense; 5) Contribution of the Victim to the Damage; and, 6) Amount of Damages C. Expected Legal Developments in the near and Distant Future D. The Implications of Law Suits on the Future of the Cigarette Industry"

Children's use of cognitive defense against television advertising: a cognitive response approach

This study employs a cognitive response approach to examine children's cognitive defense against television advertising; they used this method to examine the conditions under which cognitive defense are actually used while avoiding the potential biases introduced by direct, self-report questions. Transcripts cross reference: 08888 - Vol 58

Smoke-free for life : grades seven to nine : a smoking prevention curriculum supplement for use with the Nova Scotia Department of Education's elementary health curriculum

This supplement provides students with opportunities to develop the awareness, attitudes, habits and skills to help them achieve and maintain a health lifestyle, by meeting various criteria for effective smoking prevention.

Randomised controlled trial of the effect on middle-aged men of advice to stop smoking

A randomised controlled trial of smoking cessation is reported in 1445 male smokers aged 40-59 at high risk of cardiorespiratory disease; discusses choice of sample size, subjects, management and follow-up, and results. Transcripts cross reference: 04374 - Vol 27

MEMORANDUM 27 JULY 1983 OF NEIL COLLISHAW TO DR. A.B. MORRIS ON SUBJECT: PUBLIC AND MEDIA RESPONSE TO MINISTER'S CALL FOR A 30% INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Transcripts cross reference: 10254 - Vol 67

Smoking ... Hazardous to your health

 

Rapport d'évaluation / Centre national de documentation sur le tabac et la santé;Centre national de documentation sur le tabac et la santé. Rapport d'évaluation;Rapport d'évaluation du CNDTS

 

CTRAC: Calgary Tobacco Reduction Action Coalition

"Includes: ""Survey of Calgary City Council on the issue of indoor public-places second-hand smoke""; ""Smoke-free dining growing in Calgary""; Calgary's smoking bylaw: what does it allow? What does it prohibit?""; ""Tobacco Control Advocate Project""; and a fact sheet on the association"

Smoke-free '89 Rap

This two-minute rap music song promotes non-smoking by emphasizing the negative physical and social aspects of tobacco smoking.

[Letter from Luc Dumulon, president of the Smokers' Freedom Society regarding the warnings. A membership form and organizational profile are also included]

 

Player's family: a working paper

Includes a corporate media schedule; budgets; advertising objectives, target market, media strategy, and creative comment for Player's Filter and Player's Light. Transcripts cross reference: 01111 - Vol 08

Cigar sales and advertising and promotional expenditures for calendar years 1996 and 1997

"""Congress should enact legislation mandating health warnings on cigar labeling and advertising and prohibiting cigars ads on television and radio, a Federal Trade Commission report released today states. The agency's recommendation would require cigars be subject to the same statutory scheme as cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. The FTC produced the report on the cigar industry's 1996 and 1997 sales and advertising and promotion expenditures in response to the dramatic increase in U.S. cigar consumption a

The dangers of tobacco [videorecording];Les dangers du tobac [sic] [vidéo]

 

Target practice workbook

Target is a self-help workbook designed to help smokers quit.

Position paper on: Medicare

No direct reference to tobacco, but interesting information on Ontario's health policy crisis.

Discussions with the Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers' Council on tobacco advertising and promotion

CTMC continues to push for self-regulation, agree with a ban on amateur sports sponsorships but not on other sponsorships, agree with health warnings but feel 30% of package is excessive, agree with a ban on the depiction of persons in tobacco ads and a total ban on advertising in youth oriented publications, reject as unduly arbitrary and unfair the Minister's proposal that no form of advertising be allowed.

Fresh air olympics. Protecting our athletes from second-hand smoke

 

Testimony of Stanton A. Glantz, PhD regarding environmental tobacco smoke prepared for Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Discusses the reasons that passive smoking causes heart disease and summarizes work done on the economic impacts of 100% smoke-free restaurants. Includes six pages of references. Submitted to OSHA re: their consideration of ETS as a hazard and their proposal to mandate smoke-free workplaces.

Preventing the sale of tobacco products to minors: A CCS newsletter

In Ottawa contact the Projects Manager Maurice Gingues for more information. This issue gives info on contacts and participants across Canada

The American Cancer Society's 'Freshstart:' 21 days to stop smoking

A 'how to' cessation program with step-by-step instructions from Burton, former consultant on smoking to the American Cancer Society.

Une idée fixe

Donated by Louis Gauvin

Contraband tobacco market in Ontario and Bill 119: A comprehensive investigation

 

Indoor air quality [notice of proposed rulemaking; notice of informal public hearing]

Notices regarding proposed OSHA standards for indoor air quality in the workplace. Includes an extensive section on environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).

[Letter asking Canada Customs and Revenue Agency to release tobacco industry records]

This letter finds that CCRA misinterpreted portiions of the Access to Information Act in refusing to release documents to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Effects of pricing on cigarette use among teenagers and adults in Canada 1980-1989

 

Insulin resistance in smokers and other long-term users of nicotine

A review of the current understanding of the role and mechanisms whereby smoking can lead to insulin resistance, insulin resistance syndrome and risk for cardiovascular disease. 116 references are cited.

Sault Ste. Marie AICOSH survey

Includes a copy of the telephone survey and the questionnaire used by this health unit. Responses for the telephone survey are also included, showing retailers' knowledge of laws regarding the sale of tobacco products in Ontario.

Break-Free All Stars

This is an Active Living program developed by HWC to prevent children from 8 to 10 years old from smoking. It is community based and includes fun take-home items and activities. The Canadian Parks and Recreation Association will implement the program, with funding and support from Parke-Davis.

Making of Break-Free

"""The Making of Break-Free"" is a documentary about the production of the 1985 ""BREAK-FREE"" rock-video commercial which promotes non-smoking among teens."

Take back your life! [videorecording]

TAKE BACK YOUR LIFE! takes the viewing audience through the 4 major reasons that led Dave to become addicted to tobacco at 13: peer pressure; conflicting messages to 'grow up,' 'be mature,' 'act like an adult,' and yet 'don't smoke,' 'don't drink,' 'don't do a lot of adult things that look like fun'; rebellion; and tobacco company strategies. The program includes focus group interviews with some of the students as well as clips of Dave's standup comedy assembly program. One 45 minute cassette containing tw

Vantage-contemporary taste

Vantage advertisement: props associated with film. Transcript cross reference: 08310 - Vol 54

"Some like it ""light"" : women and smoking in the European Union"

"Provides information of the health effects of women's smoking, trends and statistical data, a detailed analysis of light cigarettes, and examples of gender specific programmes which target women. ""This report was prepared in the framework of the E.N.S.P. Conference ""Tobacco and Women : Understanding the past, changing the future"" Paris, November 23-24, 1998."""

RJR Nabisco Annual Report [1986-1987, 1990-1995]

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Worldwide is a leader in the growing international tobacco industry. Three of its brands - Camel, Winston, Salem - are among the top-10 best-selling international brands in the world. (Annual Report)

Effects of nicotine on biological systems II

"Proceedings of the conference ""The effects of nicotine on biological systems II,"" held in Sainte-Adèle, near Montreal."

Is cigarette consumption declining in Canada?

Information describing whether or not cigarette consumption is increasing or decreasing. Transcripts cross reference: 04461 - Vol 28

Smoking or health

 

Smoking and health experiments, demonstrations and exhibits

 

Programme des forces canadiennes. Écrasez-la guide d'auto-apprentissage

A smoking cessation self-help guide for the Canadian Forces.

Législation municipale pour la province du Nouveau-Brunswick [Municipal legislation for the province of New Brunswick]

Copy of smoking by-law in Fredericton. Transcripts cross reference: 04838 - Vol 30

High school intervention principles

Draft # 3

The role of information, policy & programs in worksite smoking control: a review of survey data

An overview of the results of the analyses of the 5 research questions from the Workplace Health Systems Initiative and the Survey of Workplace Programs.

Le tabac et la santé [Position de l'industrie canadienne du tabac devant le comité]

This article discusses various issues put forward by tobacco industry supporters. Transcripts cross reference: 04583 - Vol 29

The Rubbish Report. [Cleaning up Australia: report on Clean Up Australia activities 1996]

Describes the Clean Up Australia program, including sponsors and projects underway. The Rubbish Report gives a breakdown of the where the trash picked up on Clean Up Australia Day was located, the major sources of rubbish, and categorizes the types of garbage. For instance, cigarette packs made up 12% of the paper/cardboard category.

Affidavit of Mr. Neil Collishaw

Description of Neil Collishaw's actions for September. Transcripts cross reference: 02966 - Vol 20

Why not smoke?

Answers the question: Why not smoke? by presenting reasons, including statistics and medical evidence for not smoking, and commentaries on and by famous movie stars, politicians, sports champions, etc. who do not smoke.

Black and minority ethnic groups in England

Investigates health-related behaviour, attitudes and information needs of black and minority ethnic groups on a national scale. Examines the range of factors contributing towards health status, including smoking. Assesses the needs as well as the barriers to maintaining the health of specific target groups, and collects data at a national level to provide a framework of reference for data collected at a local level.

You're smokin' now, Mr. Butts!

Selections from the Doonesbury comic strip, featuring Mr. Butts.

Opinions Ontario, Fall 1991: technical documentation

Describes the study and methods of data collection and data entry for the survey. Includes the survey questions in French and English.

Sex & smoking : comparisons between male & female smokers

Findings from 2 surveys and a literature review concerning men's and women's smoking, including a comparison of gender in smoking patterns and motives, cessation and health effects. Among the report's findings: men tend to be heavier smokers, women are more emotionally dependent on smoking, and men and women have different reasons for wanting to stop smoking.

Highlights 1987 = Survey santé quebec

Presents the highlights of the 1987 Québec Health Survey.

Imasco Limited. Rating change: from buy to sell

 

Tobacco taxation. A brief to the Hon. Robert F. Nixon, Treasurer and Minister of Economics for the Government of Ontario

Impact study on tax increases.

Measurements in prevention : a manual on selecting and using instruments to evaluate prevention programs

Developed to help the reader select instruments to evaluate substance abuse prevention programs. Includes a compendium of standardized outcome instruments for assessing the effectiveness of substance abuse prevention strategies directed at a variety of different risk factors. Covers evaluating prevention programs, what to measure, how to measure (issues and considerations), and selecting instruments to meet your needs.

Re: Item 17, Board of Health Agenda, August 31, 1995

Letter commending the Board of Health for recommending municipal legislative action against ETS in Scarborough.

Smoking and pregnancy : quitting for two

Presents information on the effects of smoking on the health of you and your baby, helps you find out why you smoke, explains methods of quitting, what happens when you quit and what to do about it, and provides information on how to stay quit. Includes the following booklets: Smoking : the health risks to you and your baby; Finding out why I smoke; Plans for change, and; Staying quit.

Marketing strategies for different stages of the product life cycle (excerpt from Marketing management: analysis, planning, implementation, and control)

Marketing strategies for different stages of a product life cycle. Transcripts cross reference: 01979 - Vol 14

Un plan global de lutte contre le tabagisme

 

Santé bien-être / anti-tabac /Rock / Country / Blues

 

Tabagisme passif: rapport et voeu de l'Académie nationale de médecine

Extraits du Bulletin de l'Académie nationale de médecine.

Adsmarts C: Tobacco advertising

 

Smoking for two : cigarettes and pregnancy

Covers the chemistry of tobacco smoke, the health effects of inhaling tobacco smoke (ETS), and the effects of smoking cigarettes during pregnancy upon both the mother and the developing fetus. Also discusses smoking cessation, withdrawal symptoms and possible alternatives to the smoking habit.

Tobacco Colonialism Threatening Thailand

 

Diary of a teenage smoker [videorecording]

"This video focuses on young teenage females' experiences with tobacco addiction. All narration is performed by young teenagers, adding influence to its strong anti-tobacco, pro-health messages. This video was aired nationally on the CBC network in September of 1991. Globe and Mail's television critic John Haslett Cuff called this documentary ""sparkling, entertaining and informative."" A facilitator's guide accompanies the video, to help presenters extend follow-up discussion and enhance learning."

Smoking tobacco and health. A fact book

 

Multi-brand tracking 85-001: brand family and smoker segmentation

Objective of the research was to assist RJR-M in optimally positioning its existing brands and in identifying potential new product opportunities. Transcripts cross reference: 08284 - Vol 54

Helping doctors and their staff to help smokers: Clinical Tobacco Intervention Evaluation Project in Prince Edward Island. Final report

This survey 1) evaluates the current status of clinical tobacco intervention in PEI, and 2) provides a database for tracking clinicians and office staff for future contacts. Identifies important barriers and opportunities for CTI in PEI by delineating the nature of the problem and identifying specifically what aspects of medical office systems are most problematic. Includes copies of the surveys.

Smokers' Rights Survey: final results

This survey was prepared for the Smokers' Freedom Society by gallup Canada, Inc. It was conducted in the Ottawa area to determine the level of awareness for the proposed smoking by-law in the city of Ottawa, and to assess current attitudes and opinions of residents on the issue of the rights of smokers and non-smokers.

Smokefree Times

Bimonthly; title changed in Feb. 1992 from ASH CAN: clean air news (last issued in Dec. 1991, no. 50)

Free Speech and Advertising: Who Draws the Line?

Provides the highlights of a conference on advertising and free-speech. This video is promoted by the tobacco industry.

Tobacco market in Eastern Europe

'Retail sales of tobacco, particularly of cigarettes, are continuing to grow throughout Eastern Europe. But, as attractive as these markets undoubtedly are, there are of course obstacles permeating the entire region. This report contains an analysis of all these markets with the very latest figures, industry profiles and thorough examination of the socio-economic forces at play.' Cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos, and smoking tobacco are the products covered. Countries dealt with include: Bulgaria, Czech R

Tobacco, world markets & trade

 

Smoke of a single cigarette

Relates to article of the same name in Global War.

Compensation as a risk factor for lung cancer in smokers who switched from non-filter to filter cigarettes

Findings from this study suggest that increasing cigarettes per day after switching to filter cigarettes is an important risk factor for lung cancer that needs to be stressed in epidemiological studies. Transcripts cross reference: 05404 - Vol 35

Think About Second-Hand Smoke poster campaign project description

Describes the public awareness campaign which features two colour posters focussing on ETS in the home and the car. It is a harm reduction approach not smoking cessation campaign, which uses a non-judgemental, less threatening approach than cessation campaigns. Includes samples of the posters.

Papa, Pourquoi fumes-tu?

A la maison, François récite à son père une leçon sur l'appareil respiratoire. Il expose devant ses parents (fumeurs) les conséquences de la fumée de cigarette... Evocation d'une expérience faite à l'école (dépôt de fumeé sur un filtre de cellulose). Progressivement le père de François prend conscience du danger du tabac. Passant devant le débit de tabac, après un instant d'hésitation, il poursuit son chemin et va faire du footing avec son fils.

Your Choice..Our Chance

A video and print series (for students in grades five and six) bringing together schools, families, and communities in a working partnership to prevent the early use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs by young people in grades five and six. The series is comprised of a school component (incl. ten dramatic videos, a 'Teachers' Guide', a 'Facilitator's Guide,' and a community component (incl. five documentary style videos, and a 'Community Handbook.'

Attendee directory

A directory of attendees of the Conference. Entries include telephone, fax and e-mail contacts.

Export 'A' brand long-term strategy

"Part of the long-term strategy was to develop new creative, launch new packaging, and place higher emphasis on lower tar brands; their prime prospect group is ""young adults who are currently in the process of establishing their independence and their position in society"" and who are looking for ""peer group acceptance in their brand selection"". Transcript cross reference: 00512 - Vol 04"

What they go without. A comparison between households which reported expenditure on tobacco at the ABS 1993-94 Household Expenditure Survey and households which did not, the normal households

Compares Australian households which spend money on tobacco versus households which do not to see what those who spend on tobacco end up doing without.

Smoking and illicit drug use

"""The papers in this collection describe the biological bases of cigarette smoking as well as how this knowledge can be used to develop approaches to treatment""--Editorial, p. 4."

Memorandum from Ian Green to A.J. Liston and a draft of arguments and counter-arguments in connection with Bill C-51

States that there is no conclusive case that can be advanced to either support or refute the argument that banning tobacco ads would reduce tobacco consumption in Canada; also states that their goal is more encompassing than that; they wish to strengthen the existing social trend against the social acceptability of smoking, and to enhance communication of the health message by eliminating the presently widespread tobacco promotional messages and images. Transcripts cross reference: 05102 - Vol 32

The Tobacco Control Act: proprietors/managers of public places = La loi sur la réglementation de l'usage du tabac: propriétaires et gérants de lieux publics

Information for proprietors/managers of public places on Ontario's new Tobacco Control Act (November 30, 1994). Includes signs/posters and a booklet in both French and English.

Examination of the factors influencing juvenile smoking initiation in Canada and in other countries

Research conducted by: Children's Research Unit, London, England. Funded by CTMC, Montreal.

References

Response to an Access To Information request. Acquired under the Access to Information Legislation, 1983. Documents commissioned by Health Canada in support of the Blueprint.

Seven steps to better health promotion. A communications guide for organizations participating in the health promotion contribution program

This general 7 step guide is intended for groups wishing to pursue promotional/advocacy activities in the health promotion field.

Statement of Hon. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr., July 21, 1993

A 1993 critique of EPA's findings on ETS as a health hazard.

CRA regional omnibus survey quarterly report. Summary report to Smoke-Free Nova Scotia

In May 1993, SFNS commissioned public opinion research in Nova Scotia on issues pertaining to restrictions on tobacco sales to minors. Using telephone interviews, 400 adult Nova Scotians were asked 17 questions between May 6th, and 17th, 1993.

Cigarette manufacturer's begin to market brands in accordance with the TPCA

 

Lung cancer prevention : guidelines for smoking control

"Developed in order to help Cancer Societies and other concerned organizations design, develop and carry out smoking control programs involving the areas of politics, economics, education, public information, and health. Includes as Appendices, ""Standardization of measurement of cigarette smoking rates"" and ""The Norwegian Tobacco Act"". Results of Workshops on Smoking and Lung Cancer."

Tobacco taxes and consumption

 

Children & tobacco : a guide to the new federal regulations

Pamplet for the general public explaining the new FDA regulations on sales to minors.

Smoking : making the risky decision

Viscusi uses, in part, data requested by the law firm, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, legal representatives of the tobacco industry although he states the data is on solid ground. The preface outlines the authors various involvements with the tobacco industry. The book focuses on the character of the choice process that leads to smoking behaviour. Viscusi includes a discussion of the variety of sources of information about smoking risks, the accuracy of people's perceptions of these risks, and the differences

Briefing information on tobacco policy

Issue is whether or not tobacco advertising should be banned; Minister has requested that tobacco ads be banned and that no new resources be allocated for tobacco control; lists advantages, disadvantages, and other considerations; table that tabulates the incremental spending for health protection programs related to new legislation. Transcripts cross reference: 03111 - Vol 20

Canadian excise tax act with regulations. Ist edition

 

Health 2000 : report on the health of the population of Vancouver/Richmond

"""The Vancouver/Richmond Health Profile for the Year 2000 (Health 2000) contains an update of fundamental population health indicators that were found in last year’s health profile, as well as a special feature section on cardiovascular disease, cancer, smoking and unintentional injuries""--From the website."

Quarterly reports to Health and Welfare Canada regarding tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide (CO) values for the period 1981-1990

"Declared Tar, Nicotine, and CO from Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, RJR-MacDonald, and Imperial Tobacco Ltd. Includes CTMC lists of average ""tar"" and nicotine contents. Acquired under the Access to Information Legislation, 1983."

Lung cancer mortality (1950-80) in relation to radon daughter exposure in a cohort of workers at the Eldorado Port Radium uranium mine: possible modification of risk by exposure rate

This paper reports the lung cancer mortality experience between 1950 and 1980 of a second cohort of Eldorado workers; these workers were exposed to much higher levels of radon daughters than the Beaver lodge workers who were employed more recently. Transcripts cross reference: 05317 - Vol 34