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P1.01 - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 453)
- Event: WCLC 2016
- Type: Poster Presenters Present
- Track: Epidemiology/Tobacco Control and Cessation/Prevention
- Presentations: 1
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- Coordinates: 12/05/2016, 14:30 - 15:45, Hall B (Poster Area)
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P1.01-001 - Reduction of Cigarette Consumption through a National Policy for Tobacco Control in Brazil (ID 4045)
14:30 - 15:45 | Author(s): T. Cavalcante
- Abstract
Background:
According to WHO, “approximately one person dies every six seconds due to tobacco, accounting for one in 10 adult deaths. Up to half of current users will eventually die of a tobacco-related disease”, which can be lung cancer (87%), pulmonary disease (61%) and coronary heart disease (32%), considering secondhand smoke exposure too as says the Surgeon General´s Report. To protect the health of the Brazilian population, the government has been applying measures, since the 90 years, to reduce the harm caused by tobacco use. Brazil is also committed to reduce the premature mortality from tobacco use in 30% from 2013 to 2025, to achieve one of the nine voluntary WHO Global NCD´s Targets.
Methods:
Quantitative secondary data analysis confronting the cigarette prevalence rates found in Risk and Protective Factors Surveillance for Chronic Diseases Telephone Survey (VIGITEL) and the National Policy for Tobacco Control measures.
Results:
Before ratifying the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, in 1996 the government started promoting smoke-free places, banning the advertising, promotion and sponsorship, that were finally regulated in 2014. In 2011, the Secretariat of Federal Revenue developed a new system for cigarette taxation to establish a minimum price for a pack of twenty cigarettes and raise the cigarette´s excise tax gradually. In May,2016 the total taxation represents 76% of the cigarette price and will bring to 81% afther December 2016. This is one of the measures of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control/WHO more cost-effective in the country: Article 6, which deals with the rising prices and taxes on tobacco products to reduce demand. Several surveys and studies point to a reduction in smoking prevalence. Every year, since 2006, the VIGITEL report has shown prevalence rates collected in the entire adult population of the 27 state capitals. In 2015 the frequency of smokers decreased to 10.4%, compared to 2006 which were 15.7% for both sexes. The report also reiterated the effectiveness of the prices and taxes measure, when you compare the frequency of former smokers with lower education, those representing people with lower income. In 2006 they were 25.6%, and in 2015 they increased to 29.1%.
Conclusion:
The present study shows a prevalence decline as a positive result coming from the National Policy for Tobacco Control implementation between the years of 2006 and 2015. To achieve the WHO Global NCD´s Target we still have too much work to do, specilally protect the National Policy from the tobacco industry interference.
