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Before the Eighth European Conference on Tobacco and Health (ECTOH) in 2020 countries should:<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n
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  1. Implement at least the six priority measures described in the introduction; a comprehensive tobacco control policy is an obligation under Article 4 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).<\/li>\r\n
  2. Address tobacco industry interference in public health policy making, in accordance with the guidelines on Article 5.3 of the WHO FCTC; tobacco industry interference remains the largest obstacle to the introduction of effective tobacco control policies.<\/li>\r\n
  3. Spend a minimum of €2 per capita per year on tobacco control.<\/li>\r\n
  4. Implement the FCTC Article 6 guidelines on tobacco taxation and adopt a new EU tax directive in 2018, which should result in significant tax increases and smaller tax differences between cigarettes and hand rolled tobacco.<\/li>\r\n
  5. Introduce comprehensive smoke free legislation in line with the FCTC Article 8 guidelines, including a ban on smoking in private cars when minors are present.<\/li>\r\n
  6. Introduce standardised\/plain packaging.<\/li>\r\n
  7. Ban the display of tobacco products at the point of sale.<\/li>\r\n
  8. Accelerate the implementation of Article 14 of the WHO FCTC and its guidelines on tobacco cessation support.<\/li>\r\n
  9. Ratify the WHO FCTC protocol to eliminate the illicit trade in tobacco products and adopt tracking and tracing standards in line with the WHO FCTC Illicit Trade protocol in 2017.<\/li>\r\n
  10. Invest in research to monitor and measure the effect of tobacco control policies in line with Article 20 of the WHO FCTC.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol><\/div>","hash":"acd2ae9c5469e44b34b6f12455400afe","css":"","js":""}