Screen LibraryScientific basis of tobacco product regulation：report of a WHO study group.
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| Corporate Authors: | ; |
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World Health Organization,
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| Publisher Address: | Geneva |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
WHO technical report series ; 945 |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 112 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9241209453 9789241209458 |
| Index Number: | R163 |
| CLC: | R163 |
| Call Number: | R163/S416 |
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"The third meeting of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation (TobReg) was held in Kobe, Japan from 28-30 June 2006"-- p. 1. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Introduction -- 2. Contents and design features of tobacco products: their relationship to dependence potential and consumer appeal -- 3. Quality control - specifications and tests -- 4. Biomakers of tobacco exposure and of tobacco smoke-induced health effects -- 5. Setting maximum limits of toxic constituents in cigarette smoke -- 6. Overall recommendations -- Acknowledgements -- -- Annex 1. -- Reports and other documents arising from meetings of the WHO Scientific Advisory -- Committee on Tobacco Products Regulation (SACTob) -- Statement of principles guiding the evaluation of new or modified tobacco products (2003) -- Recommendation on nicotine and its regulation in tobacco and non-tobacco products (2002) -- Recommendation on tobacco product ingredients and emissions (2003) -- SACTob recommendations on health claims derived from ISO/FTC method to measure cigarette yield (2003) -- Recommendation on smokeless tobacco products (2003) -- -- Annex 2. -- Reports and other documents arising from meetings of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Products Regulation (TobReg) -- Guiding principles for the development of tobacco product research and testing -- capacity and proposed protocols for the initiation of tobacco product testing: recommendation 1 (2004) -- Best practices in tobacco control: regulation of tobacco products: Canada report (2005) -- Advisory note: waterpipe tobacco smoking: health effects, research needs -- and recommended actions by regulators (2005) This report presents the conclusions reached and recommendations made by the members of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation at its third meeting, during which it reviewed four background papers specially commissioned for the meeting and which dealt, respectively, with the following four themes. 1) the contents and design features of tobacco products: their relationship to dependence potential and consumer appeal; 2) Candy-flavoured tobacco products: research needs and regulatory recommendations; 3) Biomarkers of tobacco exposure and of tobacco smoke-induced health effects; 4) Setting maximum limits of toxic constituents in cigarette smoke. The Study Group's recommendations in relation to each theme are set out at the end of the section dealing with that theme and overall recommendations are summarized at the end. The report is complemented by 2 Annexes containing reports and other documents arising from meetings of the WHO Scientific Advisory Committee on Tobacco Products Regulation (SACTob) and reports and other documents arising from meetings of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Products Regulation (TobReg). |