Don’t touch the Spanish Tobacco law. Don’t touch Smoke-Free places !
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ICO-WHO Symposia on Tobacco Control
ICO-WHO Symposia on Tobacco Control
Implementing smoke-free policies of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
The failure of the “Spanish model”: lessons learned for global tobacco control.
L’Hospitalet (Barcelona), July 5th, 2012.
Organized by Institut Català d’Oncologia & World Health Organization
The WHO FCTC urges comprehensive smoke-free policies. Further, the effectiveness of smoke-free policies has been confirmed by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, which also found a lack of negative effects on the hospitality sector as a result of smoking bans. Notably, evidence from the scientific evaluation of the Spanish ban demonstrated that second-hand smoke exposure in bars and restaurants did not decrease under the initial legislation. As a result of advocacy and scientific study, changes were made to the smoking ban, and the smoking ban extended to all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants, without exception. The 'Spanish model' will no longer be associated with a partial and weak ban, but a total one, as recommended by the WHO FCTC.
The aim of this symposium is to analyse the Spanish experience, and that of other countries, to derive implications for global tobacco control.
Registration is free: The Symposium is funded by a grant to the Tobacco Control Unit of the Catalan Institute of Oncology/IDIBELL from the Directorate of Universities and Research, Ministry of Finance and Knowledge, Government of Catalonia. Follow the link for registration (before 30th June 2012):www.xurl.es/ICOWHOSympReg
