International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project - tobacco cessation studies..

October 6, 2010 - The International Tobacco Control (ITC) Policy Evaluation Project has published 11 academic papers covering various aspects of tobacco cessation in a special issue of Nicotine & Tobacco Research Volume 12 suppl 1 October 2010.

Tobacco Cessation - Table of Contents..

The publication is timely as the global community, through the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), is seeking to develop Guidelines for the implementation of Article 14 of the Convention which requires Parties to take effective measures to reduce tobacco dependence and promote cessation of tobacco use.

International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC Project) mission is to measure the psychosocial and behavioural impact of key policies of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) among adult smokers, and in some countries, among adult non-smokers and among youth. (The conceptual framework of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Policy Evaluation Project, G T Fong (gfong@uwaterloo.ca) et al., Tob Control 2006;15:iii3-iii11)

Reference: ITC Project Releases Results of Tobacco Cessation Studies by Katy McEwen, ITCproject.org, 10/4/2010.