ITC Country Summaries present a brief overview of key findings of ITC Surveys conducted in a specific ITC country. The summaries highlight implications of the ITC Survey findings for future policies to advance tobacco control in each ITC country.

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  Bangladesh Warning Label Report (May 2011)

This report presents findings from Wave 1 and Wave 2 of the ITC Bangladesh Survey that assess the effectiveness of the text-only warning labels in Bangladesh.  The finding are discussed in relation to the FCTC Guidelines for Article 11 and the results of warning label effectiveness measures from 19 other ITC countries.

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  Bangladesh Smoke Free Report (May 2011)

This report presents findings from Wave 1 and Wave 2 of the ITC Bangladesh Survey that assess the effectiveness of the current smoke-free policies in Bangladesh.  The findings are discussed in relation to the FCTC Guidelines for Article 8 and the results of smoke-free policy measures from 19 other ITC countries.

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  Bangladesh Taxation Wave 2 (May 2011)

In this paper, we present the findings from the ITC Policy Evaluation Surveys and Enumerations conducted in Bangladesh in 2009 and 2010, which provide overwhelming evidence of the need for raising tobacco taxes in Bangladesh. The results show that average cigarette and bidi consumption in Bangladesh remained unabated between 2009 and 2010, in response to the moderate tax changes on these two products.  The estimates of price elasticity of demand confirm that cigarette and bidi consumption could be significantly reduced by increasing taxes on these products.

 
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   Bhutan Project Report (May 2011)

This report presents findings from the ITC Bhutan Survey.  The intent of this report is to provide an accurate estimate of the prevalence of tobacco use in the four districts of Bhutan, as well as the effectiveness of the national ban on the sale of tobacco and smoke-free policies.  This report also provides a detailed picture of the tobacco control policy landscape in Bhutan and describes the tobacco-related beliefs, attitudes and behaviours of tobacco users and non-users of tobacco in relation to these legislative efforts.

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  Bangladesh Wave 1 (April 2010)

This summary presents key findings of the Wave 1 ITC Bangladesh Survey - a face-to-face cohort survey of a nationally representative sample of 3,107 smokers and 2,656 non-smokers (including slum and tribal populations) conducted between February to May 2009. Tobacco use prevalence rates determined by the ITC Survey reveal that compared to 2004-05, there are now 2.5 million more smokers in Bangladesh.

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  Brazil (October 2009)

This summary presents key findings of the Wave 1 Brazil Survey - a telephone survey of a cohort of 1,215 smokers and 611 non-smokers representative of three cities in Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Porto Alegre. The survey was conducted between April and June 2009 and focused on evaluation of Brazil's second set of pictorial warnings (implemented since 2004) and region-specific smoke-free policies.  The findings highlight strong public support for a national 100% smoke-free law and the need for pictorial warnings on both sides of the pack.

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Appendix A: Germany
Frequency Tables

  Germany (April  2009)

This summary presents key findings from Wave 1 of the ITC Germany Survey - a telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of 1515 smokers and 1059 non-smokers. The summary focuses on attitudes of Germany smokers and non-smokers before implementation of state-level smoke-free policies in the hospitality industry. The findings indicate that levels of support for complete bans in restaurants, bars, and pubs before the ban are comparable to pre-ban support for bans in other ITC Europe countries. The findings also indicate that Germany's current text warning labels on 30% of the front and 40% of the back of the pack are not effective.

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  Mexico (October 2009)

This summary presents key findings from the first three waves of the ITC Mexico Survey - a face-to-face population-based cohort survey that began in 2006 with 1,079 adult smokers in four of the largest cities in Mexico and was expanded to three additional cities in 2008, for a total of 2,016 adult smokers across the 7 cities. In April 2008 (7 months before the Wave 3 survey) Mexico City became the first city in Mexico to enact a 100% ban on smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces. The ban is more comprehensive than the national smoke-free legislation, which allows designated smoking rooms. Wave 3 findings show that the smoking ban in Mexico City has significantly reduced smoking in public places. Strong smoker support for 100% smoke free public places across Mexico suggests that the national tobacco control policy should be strengthened to remove the provision for designated smoking areas.

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Appendix A: Netherlands

  Netherlands (April 2009)

This summary presents key findings from Wave 1 and Wave 2 of the ITC Netherlands Survey - a telephone and web-based survey of a nationally representative sample of 2,224 smokers conducted before and after the implementation of a July 1, 2008 smoking ban in the hospitality industry. The Wave 2 Survey was a "reduced-wave" survey of 643 young adults and adults from the Wave 1 internet survey cohort conducted 7 months after Wave 1. The results show that the smoking ban has been successful in restaurants: observed smoking decreased from 83% before the ban to 5% after the ban. But the ban has been less effective in bars. Consistent with findings of ITC surveys in other European countries, smoking in the home did not increase in the Netherlands after the ban.

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Appendix A: China
Frequency Tables
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  China (February 2009)

This summary presents key findings from Wave 1 and 2 of the ITC China Survey-a face-to-face survey of a cohort of 4,800 adult smokers and 1,200 adult non-smokers in six cities in Mainland China conducted in 2006 and 2008.  While tobacco control efforts in China have expanded in recent years, the ITC China Survey findings point to the urgent need for continued progress to implement strong effective policies including a comprehensive smoke-free law,  large pictorial warning labels,  and public education campaigns.

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Appendix A: France
Frequency Tables
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  France (February 2009)

This summary presents key findings from Waves 1 and 2 of the ITC France Survey - a telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of 1,735 adult smokers and 525 adult non-smokers.  The summary highlights attitudes and behaviours of smokers and non-smokers before and after the implementation of France's smoke-free policies in workplaces and public places.  The findings are intended to assist policymakers in implementing effective tobacco control policies in France. 

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Appendix A: Thailand
Frequency Tables 

 Thailand (February 2009)

This summary presents key findings from Wave 1 and Wave 2 of the ITC Thailand Survey-a face-to-face survey of a cohort sample of 2,000 adult smokers and a self-administered survey of 1,000 youth in Thailand conducted in 2005 and 2006. Thailand is a leading country in tobacco control, having introduced pictorial warning labels, a ban on misleading package descriptors, and a ban on point of sale cigarette displays. The ITC Thailand Surveys found that increasing the size and adding graphic images to warning labels greatly increased their effectiveness compared to Malaysia's warning which were text only at that time. Thailand's ban on cigarette displays at point of sale is widely supported, however enforcement of the ban needs to be strengthened.

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  Uruguay (May 2010)

This summary presents key findings from Waves 1 and 2 of the Uruguay Survey - a survey of a representative sample of 887 smokers from Montevideo in Wave 1, and 1,379 smokers from Montevideo and four other Uruguayan cities in Wave 2.  Uruguay ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2004 and has become a leader in Latin America for implementing strong national tobacco control policies.  In 2006, Uruguay became the first country in the region to implement 100% smoke-free environments in all indoor public places and workplaces.  Uruguay also mandated pictorial health warnings on tobacco products in 2006.  In March 2008, all forms of tobacco promotion, sponsorship, and media advertising of tobacco products were prohibited.  Taxes on cigarettes were increased in July 2008.  This summary highlights attitudes and behaviours of smokers after the implementation of these policies.