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Tobacco Industry Myths and Facts

Tobacco Industry Myths and Facts. Prof Dr Elif Dağlı. Conflict of interest. NONE. Myths of the industry. Tobacco has always been against the regulation that restricts marketing One of the methods used to counteract restrictions is misinformation There are some myths disseminated in Turkey.

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Tobacco Industry Myths and Facts

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  1. Tobacco IndustryMyths and Facts Prof Dr Elif Dağlı

  2. Conflict of interest NONE

  3. Myths of the industry • Tobacco has always been against the regulation that restricts marketing • One of the methods used to counteract restrictions is misinformation • There are some myths disseminated in Turkey

  4. Myth 1: Smoke-free legislation damages hospitality sector profits and reduces employement

  5. Fact:1 Independent scientific studies have clearly showed that smoke-free legislation does not harm hospitality and tourism business Scollo M et al Tobacco Control 2003;12:13-20 Glantz SA, Charlesworth A JAMA 1999;281:1911 Ludbrook A et al. 2005 NHS Health Scotland

  6. Ad Equivalent By News Subject (x1000$) Total adequivalentsof the negative news aboutwarnings on the package, industry news and interviews, catering news and interviews are above positive news. Raising the Awareness of Public Against Smoking and Tracking Survey

  7. Subject of The News When analyzed the issues of the published news, it is seen that news about the law no. 4207 is more than one-third of the total news. n=12453 46 news related to treatment not based on the evidence were included in the "disease" title. Raising the Awareness of Public Against Smoking and Tracking Survey

  8. Sigara Endüstrisi İle İlgili Argümanlar Sigara endüstrisi ile ilgili en yoğun işlenen olumsuz argümanın “toplum içinde endüstrinin yeri” olduğu görülmektedir. Sigaraya Karşı Toplumu Bilinçlendirme ve Takip Çalışması

  9. Dr Hüseyin İlter’den alınmıştır.

  10. Yasa öncesi ve sonrası dönemde ikram sektöründeki işletme sayıları Yasa öncesi ve sonrası dönemde alkollü içki servisi yapan işletme sayıları Yasa öncesi ve sonrası dönemde yemek sektöründeki işletme sayıları

  11. Number of employees August  2008   584.082 August 2009   572.944  December 2009   710.633  

  12. News coverage of street protest by Turkish Cofeehouse Owners Federation in Ankara on 18 August 2009.

  13. Number of coffee houses Ministry of Industry data 2010 Newly opened 15 bin 739 Closed 7 bin 956

  14. VAT Payments 11 % increase in VAT payments from 2008 to 2009 (August- December) Restaurants  13 %, Non alcoholic food premises  % 10 increase ikram sektörü işletmelerinin yatırdığı KDV miktarı (milyon TL)

  15. In the third quarter of 2009  GDP of Turkey dropped 3.3%, while increased by 5.2 % in hospitality sector

  16. Shopping mall revenues increased by 5.5 % in 2009

  17. Myth 2 Public do not support smoke-free legislation

  18. Fact 2 In all countries public support has been high

  19. Compliance Country, state % 94 95 97 97 96 97 98.5 96 98 98 Irland Ottowa NewYork New Zelanda Massachusetts Norway Italy Scotland Wales UK

  20. Myth 3 Ventilation systems can clean tobacco smoke

  21. Fact 3 No ventilation system available today can clear or filter tobacco smoke ASHRAE

  22. Myth 4 Increasing taxes do not decrease consumption but increase smuggling

  23. Fact 4 • Price and tax increase decrease consumption • There is no relation between prices and smuggling

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