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IMPORTANT INFO RE 10TH WORLD CONFERENCE [8.21.2]
Here is the Official Press Release and Schedule
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PRESS RELEASE: 6 August 1997
Nearly 1,500 of the world's experts on smoking and tobacco control meet in Beijing from 24-28 August for the 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health.
New unpublished figures, spelling out the current toll of death and illness wrought by tobacco worldwide and the catastrophic scale of the epidemic still to come, will be revealed to delegates from China and 76 other nations and regions across the world.
The triennial conference marks 30 years of the tobacco control movement and is the first to be held in a developing Asian country. The choice of Beijing was an acknowledgement both of the enormity of the tobacco problem in that country and the ongoing efforts by China to combat the ever-increasing threat from tobacco company expansion. One in three of all cigarettes smoked in the world today are smoked in China.
Tobacco: the growing epidemic is the major theme, but with nearly one hundred presentations in the plenary and symposium sessions alone, the conference will cover tobacco issues from every continent and viewpoint. Topics include: litigation, legislation, tobacco promotion, world trade and smuggling, addiction and cessation, youth, school and families, passive smoking, occupational health, tobacco and religion, and the effect of tobacco on the environment and on economies. The role of health professionals, the UN and governments, in tobacco control also comes under scrutiny.
As well as emphasizing developing countries the conference will focus on women and smoking. Professor Judith Mackay, Director of the Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control, one of two vice-chairmen of the conference's scientific committee, said: "One of the greatest preventative public health needs in the world today is to stop a rise in smoking among women, especially in developing countries where few women smoke as yet.
There is still a real chance to turn the tide in this area."
The conference is being organized by the Chinese Association on Smoking and Health and the Chinese Medical Association under the auspices of several international bodies, including the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the International Union Against Cancer (UICC - http://www.uicc.org ) and the American Cancer Society. The co- organizers and sponsors are Bionax, the Australian and Hong Kong- based healthcare company.
The opening ceremony is in the Great Hall of the People in the presence of China's President, Mr Jiang Zemin.
Secretary-General of the conference, Professor Lu Rushan, said: "This meeting will allow knowledgeable people with specific expertise to share their experience and develop a global strategy for reducing deaths from tobacco."
Professor Richard Peto of Oxford University, England, joint scientific committee vice-chairman, who will present some of the new data on global smoking prevalence and deaths, said: " Worldwide, the only two causes of death that are big and getting bigger fast, are HIV and tobacco."
-------------------------------------------------------------- Agenda - Sunday 24 August
0900-1200 - WHO GENEVA: GLOBAL 10TH AND NETWORKING MEETING Organizer: Mr Neil Collishaw (est 40-50) Continental Grand Hotel, by invitation
1200-1330 - INGCAT MEETING (20-30 persons) Continental Grand Hotel, by invitation
1500-1550 - OPENING CEREMONY
PLENARY SESSION Aug 24, 1550-1730 P1. The growing epidemic
1800-2000 Conference Reception and Award Ceremony (all)
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Agenda - Monday 25 August
PLENARY SESSION Aug 25, 0830-1000 P2. Women and tobacco
Aug 25, 1030-1200 P3. Developing countries
Aug 25, 1530-1700 Regional Delegates Meeting (for all participants)
C1. Tobacco Control Campaigns (Workshop in Chinese)
SPECIAL SYMPOSIA:
Aug 25, 1330-1500 S1. Epidemiology
S2. Passive smoking
S3. Tobacco and youth
S4. Tobacco legislation
S5. Tobacco economics
S6. Addiction
WORKSHOPS ("HOW-TO" SESSIONS)
1200-1430 - BMJ/TOBACCO CONTROL (by invitation) Convention Centre, 1F restaurant
1200-1330 - Lunch Time Meeting for Indigenous Peoples
1230-1330 - ILGTH Meeting (by invitation) Convention Centre; Hall 4, 3/f
1230-1330 Main Press Conference
Mon 25 1800-1830 Committees dinner (Hon Committee, other committees) Total 150 persons
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Agenda - Tuesday 26 August
PLENARY SESSIONS
Aug 26, 0830-1000 P4. Tobacco promotion
Aug 26, 1030-1200 P5. Approaches to cessation
SPECIAL SYMPOSIA:
Aug 26, 1330-1500 S7. Health promotion
S8. The role of health professionals
S9. Religion and tobacco
S10. Damage to the environment
S11. Litigation
S12. Occupational health
WORKSHOPS ("HOW-TO" SESSIONS)
August 26, 1530-1700
W1. Lobbying & advocacy
W2. Electronic networking
W3. Medical curriculum
W4. Fund-raising
W5. Multimedia training
C2. Tobacco Control Policies and Regulations (Workshop in Chinese)
OTHER MEETINGS/EVENTS
Tue 26 0630-0730 Fun Run (organized by Jeff Koplan/Lisa Lauter) Meet at 0615 in front of Continental Grand for Registration and T-shirt distribution
1200-1330 - GLOBALINK Lunch Meeting (100-150 persons) Grand Continental Hotel
1230-1400 Quit and Won 98 Prof Puska
1230-1330 ASEAN meeting (for ASEAN countries)
1230-1700 Epidemiology: "Meeting on Global Tobacco Epidemiology"
1900-2100 Cultural Performances (For all delegates)
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Agenda - Wednesday 27 August
PLENARY SESSIONS
Aug 27, 0830-1000 P6. Tobacco control programmers
Aug 27, 1030-1200 P7. Financing tobacco control
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SPECIAL SYMPOSIA:
Aug 27, 1330-1500
S13. World trade and smuggling
S14. Schools and families
S15. Major Chinese epidemiological studies
S16. Cessation (practical approaches)
S17. Effective use of the mass media for tobacco control - Round Table
Discussion: "Settlements" with the tobacco industry
WORKSHOPS ("HOW-TO" SESSIONS)
Aug 27, 1530-1700 W6. Countermeasures against tobacco promotion
W7. Implementing WHO publications and guidelines for monitoring the tobacco
epidemic
W8. Freeding sports from tobacco
W9. Assisting cessation (health profession)
W10. Children, art and tobacco (bilingual)
C2. Additional workshop in Chinese
C3. Smoking Intervention and Health Education (Workshop in Chinese)
OTHER MEETINGS/EVENTS
Wed 27
0700 World Bank breakfast Meeting (by invitation)
1200-1330 INWAT Lunch Meeting (100 members) Convention Centre
1230-1330 The New Australian Campaign on Smoking, Information Session (J. Watt)
1830-2030 "Cultural Fair/Banquet", Great Wall Sheraton (pre-register or buy tickets during conference).
2000-2130 - RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE MEETING
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Agenda - Thursday 28 August
PLENARY SESSIONS
Aug 28, 1330-1500 P8. UN and government options
WORKSHOPS ("HOW-TO" SESSIONS)
Aug 28, 0830-1000
W11. Public relations
W12. Tobacco industry assault
W13. Pharmaceutical approach to smoking cessation
W14. Creating smoke-free facilities
Aug 28 from 1030 -1200
W15. Using the mass media to counter tobacco's threat to women & children
W16. Social marketing
W17. Preparing and presenting papers
W18 Assisting cessation (non-pharmaceutical approach)
W19. Implementing WHO publications & guidelines for controlling the
tobacco epidemic
OTHER MEETINGS/EVENTS
Thu 28
1330-1500 PLENARY
1500-1545 SUMMARIES OF SATELLITE SESSIONS Epidemiology and Qualitative Research (John Hopkins) GLOBALink INGCAT ILG INWAT Tobacco Control Epidemiology group
1545-1645 CLOSING CEREMONY
1645 - 1730 FAREWELL TEA CEREMONY
1730-1900 STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR YEAR 2000 CONFERENCE (50 persons) Organizer: Mr Allan Erickson, ACS and Tom Houstoun, AMA (by invitation) Convention Centre
1930-2030 INITIAL MEETING OF STEERING COMMITTEE FOR YEAR 2000 CONFERENCE (approx 20 persons, by invitation) Convention Centre
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