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Question from Hamidul Islam, Bangladesh to Jagdish Kaur

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Question from Hamidul Islam, Bangladesh to Jagdish Kaur

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Beside FCTC article 5.3, which provisions should be include in the tobacco control law to protect TI tactics of TAPS violation including misuse of CSR.

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I am Dr Chinthana Liyanage from Sri lanka. A question to all experts

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I am Dr Chinthana Liyanage from Sri lanka. A question to all experts

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We have a cultural norm of using tobacco with betel for long years and it has been bound to day today activities of majority of people. They consider using betel quad as an essential practice. how to break this practice?

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Hi, I am Disala from Sri Lanka.  One question from all experts

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Hi, I am Disala from Sri Lanka.  One question from all experts

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We are talking second hand and third hand effect of smoking but not smokeless tobacco.  Is there any evidence that SLT spits make same effects in the pathway of natural degradation.

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One question was posted in the chat on June 30 for Dr. Bettcher and Dr. Mackay that was not answered in session. It was about the most effective argument to present to governments.  Answer from Dr. Mackay: "I would say that today governments (in general and with tobacco control in particular) respond to the economic arguments, so we need HEALTH ECONOMISTS – and the WBG, ADB, UNDP to continue their support and statements that tobacco control is good for the economy, and the argument is not ‘health or wealth’ but ‘health and wealth.’  Contact your university Economics Departments and try to get economists interested."

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One question was posted in the chat on June 30 for Dr. Bettcher and Dr. Mackay that was not answered in session. It was about the most effective argument to present to governments.  Answer from Dr. Mackay: "I would say that today governments (in general and with tobacco control in particular) respond to the economic arguments, so we need HEALTH ECONOMISTS – and the WBG, ADB, UNDP to continue their support and statements that tobacco control is good for the economy, and the argument is not ‘health or wealth’ but ‘health and wealth.’  Contact your university Economics Departments and try to get economists interested."

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Question for Dr Mike Daube and Dr Tara Singh Bam

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Question for Dr Mike Daube and Dr Tara Singh Bam

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How much significant is the 'Tobacco Packaging Regulation' argument effective to ban singles? Also, please share any Global evidence/document link available for the same?

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Hi, this is from Abu Hasib Mostafa Jamal, BCCP, Bangladesh. My question - Which is most necessary: ‘Political Commitment’ or ‘Behavior Change Communication for mass people’?

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Question for Prof Mike Daube and Dr Tara Singh Bam

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Question for Prof Mike Daube and Dr Tara Singh Bam

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In many SEAR countries including Bangladesh, one of the challenges to implementing plain packaging is there is a large informal sector involving in tobacco manufacturing and selling which is hard to monitor, control and regulate.
What can countries like Bangladesh do to regulate the informal sector?

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Q - Which country charges the highest rate of tax on tobacco products? What is the rate/percentage? Any successful country where tobacco consumption has decreased due to increase in taxation?

A - Please have a look at our Tobacconomics Cigarette Tax Scorecard (link: https://tobacconomics.org/research/cigarette-tax-scorecard/) to see who are the highest performing countries in the world (spoiler alert: it’s Australia and New Zealand). That said, all of the countries scoring in the Top 50 and even some thereafter are experiencing declines in consumption as a direct result of improved tobacco taxation (i.e., higher excise taxes!). It is very easy to reap these rewards if you implement higher tobacco excise taxes and the higher you make the tax rates and better you structure your tax system for tobacco products, the more reward you will see in terms of lower consumption (and as a result, lower tobacco-related healthcare costs and higher productivity because you have a healthier workforce) and increased revenue that you can apply to health, education and other areas that promote development.

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Q - Would you please explain the issue of cost resolving? How does it work?

A - I’m not totally sure what this question is asking but I think they’re asking about using tobacco taxes to re-coup the huge economic damage wrought by tobacco use. There isn’t a country yet in the world where tobacco tax revenues are greater than the economic damage caused by tobacco use (in other words, societies are essentially subsidizing the tobacco industry by absorbing these costs instead of the industry paying for it). But, we certainly have a goal to aim for knowing that we can raise tobacco excise taxes to a very high rate and justify that it still isn’t covering these costs—it is an excellent argument to use in support of tobacco taxes.

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How the tobacco tax will related to country commitment to WTO/Trade Free Agreement? can Tobacco company complaint that Government break the trade commitment tks

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The Ukraine group created a video to narrate their shared vision at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oasq97K-Ldg   

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The Ukraine group created a video to narrate their shared vision at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oasq97K-Ldg   

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Question For Dr. Daube and Dr. Singh Bam from our chat

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Question For Dr. Daube and Dr. Singh Bam from our chat

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Do you have any suggestions for the best strategies to work with the Bangladesh government to increase the percentage of health alert labels?

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Hi! Shivam from India!

1) In India, despite the Prohibition on E-Cigarettes Act (2019), we receive a challenge in classifying the seized product from shops/stores as "E-cigarette". Very often these products are locally manufactured by youngsters, who do not even have their local brand name registered anywhere online. As per the law, the enforcement officers can take action only when the product is classified as ENDS/ENNDS. The vendors refuse to call it as that and enforcement officials/police inspector team claim that they are not expert to identify the product.
How to deal with this issue? Scientifically one must give these products for NTTL testing. Any easier way?

2) Global Update on countries with ENDS ban/regulations on STOP website are updated till February 2020. Any other portal with recent updates?

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1. Currently, we can’t download the recorded sessions from Panopto.
It would be great if we could able to download these files.

2. Is it possible to share the PowerPoint Presentation of Mr. Matthew Myers and Muhammad Bigwanto?

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From Manik Marganamahendra, Indonesia: Is the FCTC one of big factors for tobacco control? How we can have effective leadership and advocacy in tobacco control when our country still has not ratified the FCTC?

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Question for Matt: Media personalities challenges and best practices

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Question for Matt: Media personalities challenges and best practices

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From Dr. Shivam Kapoor, India: Use of media personalities in advocacy campaigns can be a double-edged sword. Please comment on the sensitivities involved and share any good practices/documents that would be helpful?

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Question for Matt: Tax revenue and health

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Question for Matt: Tax revenue and health

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From Huiyi Xie, China, and Alamgir Hossain, Bangladesh: How can we balance the economic benefits that tobacco industry brings and the health issues of tobacco products? How do we combat the fact that revenue generation is lucrative for the country?

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Question for Matt: Opposition from the beedi industry

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Question for Matt: Opposition from the beedi industry

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From Varsha Deshpande, India: The beedi industry is opposing an amendment of law and taxation on beedi. How can we tackle this?

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Question for Matt: Foreign TI investment in LMICs

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Question for Matt: Foreign TI investment in LMICs

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From ABM Rasheduzzaman, Bangladesh: A giant TI has acquired a local company in Bangladesh with huge foreign investment. Foreign investment is very important for less developed countries? Do you think it will create pressure on the government to take tobacco free policy?

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Question for Matt: Advocates from the school system

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Question for Matt: Advocates from the school system

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From Hai Nguyen, Vietnam: Do you have any examples where you can lean on the school system and school children become effective advocates for TC?

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Question for Matt: Opportunities from COVID-19

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Question for Matt: Opportunities from COVID-19

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From Le Thanh Hai, Vietnam: Will COVID-19 offer any potential opportunities for Tobacco control?

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Question for Matt: Barriers due to COVID-19 

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Question for Matt: Barriers due to COVID-19 

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From Nahla, Indonesia, and Dr. Shivam Kapoor, India: Despite COVID-19 taking high priority, how can we ensure that the government prioritizes tobacco control regulation? COVID-19 is the reason the government has delayed TC regulation in Indonesia.

Additionally there has been industrial support to the government in ways of CSR, donations in COVID-19 support units and hospitals. How can we advocate against these issues at such a crucial time?

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