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Julia Stafford, Laura Bond & Mike Daube WA Tobacco Document Searching Program

Lessons From Tobacco Industry Documents: Past, Present and Future. Julia Stafford, Laura Bond & Mike Daube WA Tobacco Document Searching Program. Introduction. Tobacco industry Vector of tobacco-caused cancers Supply tobacco products Maintain freedom from regulation and restrictions

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Julia Stafford, Laura Bond & Mike Daube WA Tobacco Document Searching Program

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  1. Lessons From Tobacco Industry Documents: Past, Present and Future Julia Stafford, Laura Bond & Mike Daube WA Tobacco Document Searching Program

  2. Introduction • Tobacco industry • Vector of tobacco-caused cancers • Supply tobacco products • Maintain freedom from regulation and restrictions • 1998 Master Settlement Agreement • WA Tobacco Document Searching Program

  3. Methods • Systematic document search: • Legacy Tobacco Document Library • Philip Morris document site • Keywords: • ‘Western Australia’, ‘Perth’

  4. Results – The Past • Tax increases on cigarettes • Legislative attempts to ban tobacco product advertising and sponsorship • Health warnings on cigarette packs

  5. Tax Increases on Cigarettes Bates: 2024272396/2399

  6. Bates:2024272391

  7. Legislative Attempts to Ban Tobacco Product Advertising and Sponsorship Bates:2023084873/4875

  8. Bates:304100150/0153

  9. Bates: 2023272358

  10. Health Warnings on Cigarette Packs Bates: 2048203886/3891

  11. Bates: 2500060830

  12. Bates: 2045680525

  13. The Present • Tobacco product taxes • Bans on tobacco advertising and sponsorship • Graphic health warnings on packs • Smoke-free clubs and pubs • Smoke-free alfresco areas and beaches

  14. The Future • Generic packaging Bates: 502605074/5075 • Under the counter product displays • Further tax increases • Smoke-free cars carrying children

  15. Conclusions • Industry documents provide local examples of strategies to: • Maintain freedom from regulation and restrictions • Obstruct past, present and future tobacco control measures • Significance of WA tobacco control • International industry aware of WA situation via industry reports and media monitoring

  16. Conclusions • Evidence of industry’s areas of concern • Inform future policy development by strengthening tobacco control advocacy campaigns • Challenging the tobacco industry

  17. Contact Details Julia Stafford WA Tobacco Document Searching Program Curtin University of Technology j.stafford@curtin.edu.au 9266 2344

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