Year 2001 Events

December 2001 (Kobe, Japan)
"Economic Transition" in tobacco manufacturing and agriculture at the WHO Kobe Center

13-14 December 2001 (Prague, Czech Republic)
Conference on public and private sector partnerships to reduce tobacco dependence organized by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe together with the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic. A separate meeting on regulation of tobacco products and regulation of treatment products will take place on the afternoon of 14 December.

27-29 November 2001 (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
2001 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
The 2001 National Conference is an opportunity for everyone involved in any aspect of tobacco control to learn and share new information about reducing the health and economic burden of tobacco use.

22-28 November 2001 (Geneva, Switzerland)
Framework Convention Interngovernmental Negotiating Body Meeting
The documents for the third meeting of the INB are now available online in the six official UN languages.

5-8 November 2001 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
FCTC meeting of Latin American Countries

30-31 October 2001 (Thimpu, Bhutan)
FCTC meeting of South-East Asia (SEARO) Countries. The regional plan for tobacco control is available on the SEARO website.

26-29 October, 2001 (Hong Kong, China)
The 6th Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health: Youth Fight Back is organized by the Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest & Heart Diseases Association. Information on the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health is available at info.gov.hk

12-13 October 2001 (Sydney, Australia)
(ISM) FCTC Meeting of South Pacific Island Countries. Regional information on tobacco from the Western Pacific office of WHO.

11-12 October, 2001 (Brussels, Belgium)
Tobacco control planning & policy meeting, hosted by the International Union Against Cancer and the Associations of European Cancer Leagues at the European Parliament to consider present and future opportunities for tobacco control advocacy in the European Union. For more information contact Paul Whiteley.

2-3 October 2001 (Algiers, Algeria)
FCTC meeting of Africa Region (AFRO) countries. Press release from INFACT

1-2 October 2001 (Vancouver, Canada)
Clearing the Air: Protecting Workers' Health in BC. A symposium on second-hand smoke.

28-29 September 2001 (Moscow, Russia)
FCTC meeting of NIS countries

19-22 September, 2001 (Paris, France)
"Advances on Neuroscience and Pharmacology of Nicotine"is the topic of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco's 3rd European Conference.

14-15 September 2001 (Tehran, Iran)
FCTC meeting on liability & compensation

7-8 September 2001 (Malta)
Euro-Mediterranean consultation on the Economics of Tobacco Control and the FCTC

2-6 September, 2001 (Heidelberg, Germany)
The International Council on Alcohol and Addictions is holding the 44th International ICAA on the Prevention and Treatment of Dependencies. A main topic will be "Smoking as habit and addiction - the public health problem." Please contact ICAA secretariat@icaa.ch for more information.

31 August - 3 September, 2001 (Sydney, Australia)
3rd Tobacco Control Short Course run by the University of Sydney, is offered to MPH students at the University and to approved external applicants. Send enquiries to Simon Chapman simonc@health.usyd.edu.au.

16-19 August, 2001 (China)
China's 10th National Symposium on Smoking or Health. Prof. Yang Gonghuan, Vice President of Chinese Association on Smoking and Health and one of the Chinese delegates to the Framework Convention (FCTC) negotiations at the 2nd meeting of the intergovernmental Negotiating Body will be speaking about the FCTC.

15-20 July 2001 (Paris, France)
XVIIth World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education will feature sessions on Tobacco Control Policy. more information

18-22 June 2001 (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
A one-week session on tobacco control is being offered as part of Johns Hopkins University's 19th Annual Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

12-14 June 2001 (Adelaide, South Australia)
1st Australian National Tobacco Conference

31 May 2001
World No-Tobacco Day 2001: "Let's Clear the Air."
See WNTD at the WHO Regional Office for Europe
See WNTD in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

18-19 May 2001 (Luxembourg)
Colloquium: Tobacco Regulation in the European Community
The regulation of Tobacco-related activities is nowadays highly controversial in Europe. This colloquium will approach the following questions: Tobacco and the Internal Market (following ECJ case C-376/98 and C-74/99 on the tobacco advertising and sponsorship Directive of 1998); Tobacco Advertising; Competition and Sponsorship; Tobacco Industry Liability Issues: should we follow the American Example?

14-22 May 2001 (Geneva, Switzerland)
The World Health Organization's 54th World Health Assembly

13-17 May 2001 (Durban, South Africa)
The World Congress of Family Doctors will take on the leading cause of death worldwide - tobacco use - when it calls for action against tobacco at their international conference in Durban in May. The World Organisation of Family Doctors (Wonca) will launch its own Global Call to Action on Tobacco at the 16th Wonca World Congress.

10-11 May 2001 (Berlin, Germany)
European Network for Smoking Prevention conference, "Smoke Free Workplaces: Improving the Health and Well-Being of People."

30 April - 5 May 2001 (Geneva, Switzerland)
Second meeting of the Framework Convention Intergovernmental Negotiating Body. Negotiations will proceed based on the Chair's draft of the Framework Convention.

12-15 March 2001 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
First Pan-African Conference on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

CANCELLED 26-27 February, 2001 (Bangkok, Thailand)
WHO South-East Asia Regional Office is coordinating a meeting to involve other UN agencies in tobacco control. The conference is expected to be attended by representatives of UNICEF, UNESCO, UNEP, UNDP, ILO and UNFPA, among others. In addition, the World Bank and ADB have been invited. For more information on the conference, send email to pandeyh@whosea.org.

24 February 2001 (Granada, Spain)
II Reunión de Invierno del Area de Tabaquismo

5-7 February 2001 (Amman, Jordan)
WHO Consultation On Litigation And Public Inquiry As Public Health Tools
The "Voice of Truth" report presents compelling evidence that the unethical behaviour of the tobacco industry was extended to all levels of activity: international, regional and national. Through their regional offices, the tobacco companies used all possible routes to stop governments from adopting tobacco control policies. Go to the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region website for more information about their tobacco control initiatives in the region.

15-23 January 2001
WHO Executive Board Meeting

11 January 2001 (Barcelona, Spain)
Workshop on Environmental Tobacco Smoke measurement and control

10-12 January 2001 (Rabbat, Morocco)
Global Youth Tobacco Workshop

Year 2000 Events