 Another initiative for tobacco control, Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship (TAPS) monitoring, has been launched by The Network for Consumer Protection to monitor advertising and promotional activities and patronization of different campaigns under the guise of corporate social responsibility by tobacco companies. The Network Executive Coordinator Nadeem Iqbal, while highlighting the significance of the initiative, said tobacco promotion and sponsorship was marginally an unattended subject by regulators in Pakistan. Monitoring of TAPS by The Network is funded by Bloomberg Global Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, implemented by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (TFK) and International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union).
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Study Visit on ‘Global Adult Tobacco Survey and Turkish Health Survey’ in Turkey
Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Tobacco Control Policies for OIC Member States
4th Islamic Conference of Health Ministers (4th ICHM) adopted Resolutions on Tobacco Control
Tobacco Questions for Surveys (TQS) Conference
SESRIC participated in “The First Regional Training Workshop on Tobacco Control and Trade”
Delegation from Bloomberg Foundation and WHO National Tobacco Control Programme Office visited SESRIC
6th Conference on Tobacco or Health
Study Visit on "Tobacco Control Policies"
Delegation from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) visited SESRIC
A Memorandum of Understanding between SESRIC and FCA
World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), the 3rd session of the Conference of the Parties
First Islamic Conference of Health Ministers
Due to growing demand for information about the health harms of tobacco, the tobacco control unit within Djibouti’s Ministry of Health faced many challenges, including the high costs of producing informational materials and launching large-scale education and communication efforts. To bring health information directly to the public at the lowest possible cost and align with WHO FCTC requirements, the country chose to implement strong health warning labels on tobacco packaging. With the support of international tobacco control experts and in-country organizations, a variety of warning label images was pre-tested. Ultimately, 11 different labels were selected that feature powerful images intended to raise awareness among smokers of both the health hazards to themselves and the risks of second-hand tobacco smoke exposure to others.