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Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this presentation attendees will be able to:
- Describe the increasing globalization of the tobacco industry
- Explain how globalization impacts tobacco control efforts in the US
- Discuss possible strategies to confront globalization
Key Points: 100 million persons were killed in the 20th Century from tobacco use. Unless urgent action is taken that number is expected to rise to 1 billion during this Century. The World Health Organization has adopted the Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC); a global goal for nations to adopt effective polices to curb tobacco use. The US has yet to sign the FCTC.
Educational Experience: This session will: examine tobacco use globally in the 21st century and what role the United States will play in ending or perpetuating the epidemic; review trends in tobacco use by types of nations, its impact on reducing global consumption, and the lack of force of the FCTC in having nations adopt needed policies; address the negative impact tobacco agriculture has on poor farmers in the developing world and strategies for joining forces with workers and environmental groups to achieve a smoke free world: and address the current use of trade threats by the multinational tobacco industry that prevent FCTC adoption and how the US Trade representative is involved with this matter.
Benefits:
Clearly the world is faced with a tension between health and development of the global tobacco industry based in large part in the United States. We will address the myth that globalization of the industry does anything but ruin the health and economies of poor nations. Participants will be better prepared to understand and respond to this dilemma through education the United States Administration on the importance of curbing global trade in tobacco.