Evaluating the Evidence Base for FCTC Policies
Pre-APACT Workshop
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
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Time

Topic

Faculty

7:308:30

Registration and continental breakfast

Faculty Profiles

8:308:45

Welcome and goals of the workshop

Geoff Fong
Geoffrey T. Fong
(Canada)

8:459:30

The value of research to policy advocacy

Greg Connolly
Howard Koh
Greg Connolly
(USA)
Howard Koh (USA)

9.3010.15

The IARC Handbook on Methods for Evaluating Tobacco Control Policies

Ron Borland
Ron Borland (Australia)

10.1510:45

Break

 

10:45–11:30

The Contribution of Surveillance Surveys: The Global Tobacco Surveillance System (GYTS, GHPS, and GATS)

Wick Warren
Wick Warren (USA)

 

11:3012:15

The Contribution of Cohort Surveys: The ITC Project

Geoff Fong
Geoffrey T. Fong
(Canada)

 

12:151:15

Lunch

 

1:303:00

Smoke-free laws: using research evidence to counteract industry arguments

Jonathan Samet (USA)
Jonathan Samet (USA)

 

Health Warnings: research methods for testing the impact of different styles of warnings

Maizurah Omar
David Hammond
Maizurah Omar (Malaysia)
David Hammond (Canada)

 

 

 


Maansi Travers
Maansi Travers (USA)

3:003:30

Break

 

3:305:00

Methods for measuring the effectiveness of smoke-free laws

Mark Travers
Naowarut Charoenca
Mark Travers (USA)
Naowarut Charoenca (Thailand)









Jonathan Samet (USA)
Jonathan Samet (USA)

Methods for analyzing tobacco products to support evidence-based approaches to tobacco product regulation

Richard J. O’Connor (USA)
Greg Connolly
Richard J. O’Connor (USA)
Greg Connolly
(USA)

 

 

5:005:30

Wrap up

Ron Borland
Geoff Fong
Ron Borland (Australia)
Geoffrey T. Fong
(Canada)