Framework Convention Alliance Fact Sheets

FCA Fact Sheets
The Framework Convention Alliance is pleased to announce the release of a series of tobacco fact sheets, now available on the internet at:
http://www.fctc.org/factsheets/index.php

These fact sheets are designed for policymakers, NGOs, journalists and others interested in tobacco. They provide summaries of current research, provide responses to common industry arguments, give some guidance on the relevant sections of the global tobacco treaty (the FCTC) and provide sources for more information.
Over the next few months we will have these translated into at least French & Spanish and will be adding new ones on such issues as taxes and agriculture. We currently have the following 10 fact sheets:

1. Tobacco Facts: http://fctc.org/factsheets/1.pdf
2. About the FCTC: http://fctc.org/factsheets/2.pdf
3. Secondhand Smoke: http://fctc.org/factsheets/3.pdf
4. Tobacco Product Regulation: http://fctc.org/factsheets/4.pdf
5. Cessation & Treatment: http://fctc.org/factsheets/5.pdf
6. Searching Tobacco Industry Documents: http://fctc.org/factsheets/6.pdf
7. Warning Labels: http://fctc.org/factsheets/7.pdf
8. Smuggling: http://fctc.org/factsheets/8.pdf
9. Advertising & Promotion: http://fctc.org/factsheets/9.pdf
10. Tobacco & the Millenium Development Goals: http://fctc.org/factsheets/10.pdf

We hope these find you useful in your work and encourage you to distribute them as you see fit. As we will be updating these periodically, we would welcome your suggestions for improving them and ideas for additonal fact sheets. Finally, a big thank you to the many people who took the time to review the drafts and provide incredibly useful and detailed comments.

Cheers,
Ross Hammond, Chair
Policy Committee
Framework Convention Alliance on Tobacco Control
http://www.fctc.org