GUIDE to sustainable mechanisms for health promotion
Summary of setting up health promotion fund process (infographic)
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WHY is Health Promotion Fund so important?
Limited budgets for health promotion and tobacco control, particularly in low- and middle-income countries To diminish health, social and economic costs from non-communicable diseases Securing long-term investment for improving health To supplement health insurance or universal health care policy Funding a range of health-related initiatives Making the Polluter Pays Other alternatives sustainable funding sources International …
WHAT is a ‘Health Promotion Fund
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, 1986 Three basic strategies for health promotion Advocate Enable Mediate Priority action areas in health promotion Build healthy public policy Create supportive environments Strengthen community actions Develop personal skills Reorient health services Moving into the future
Tobacco tax index: infographics
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Exit strategy: we can do it for COVID-19, why not tobacco?
18 May 2020 Mike Daube, Rob Moodie, Insight+ COVID-19 was first identified in December 2019 and declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. Australia is now seen as a world leader in taking action based on public health advice. This has entailed profound restrictions on social and economic activity, adverse impacts on …
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Protected: 6th Regional Meeting of Smoke-free Cities in the Asia Pacific Region
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Cambodians will stop buying cigarettes if priced more than US$2.50
Last 22 May, our partners in Cambodia launched in Phnom Penh the results of the Youth Opinion Survey on Cigarette Prices which reveals that Cambodians will stop buying cigarettes if price is more than US$2.50 per pack. The main purpose of the study is to find out what young Cambodians think of current cigarette (and smokeless …
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Poorest smokers would quit if cigarette prices increased
12 April 2018: As many as 67 million smokers around the world would kick the habit if the price of a packet of cigarettes was increased by 50 per cent, new research has found. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, found that increasing cigarette prices through taxation would benefit the poorest in each country the most. Researchers …
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Open Letter to the Shareholders of Imperial Brands
6 February 2018: Dear Shareholders, As you gather to celebrate your profits, your customers outside the UK continue to pay a heavy price. Your ninth consecutive year of dividend growth and priority to ensure sustainable growth translates to increased cigarette sales. This has a devastating impact on the health and lives of your customers, especially …
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