Resources
Tobacco-Free Pharmacies
During the FIP Congress in Cairo 2005, the Community Pharmacy Section organised a joint programme with the Global Network of Pharmacists against Tobacco.
Eeva Teräsalmi, Finland, member of the Executive Committee of the Community Pharmacy Section and of EuroPharm Forum, chaired this programme. Presentations from Egypt, Kuwait, Australia, Malaysia as well as from FIP and the WHO Regional Office in Cairo outlined the experiences and the initiatives taken in the respective countries and regions.
Presentations:
- Quit smoking in the Middle East, Mostafa Mohamed, Egypt
- Pharmacists Against Tobacco actions in Kuwait, Klara Tisocki, Kuwait
- On-line training in support of smoking cessation, Jenny Bergin, Australia
- Malaysian smoking cessation initiatives, Mohammad Haniki Nik Mohamed, Malaysia
- What is WHO EMRO Regional Office doing to minimise tobacco use?, Ibrahim El-Kerdany, Egypt
- How can FIP help pharmacists in their fight against tobacco?, Bente Frøkjær, Denmark
World no Tobacco Day 31 May 2005 - FIP publication: Pharmacists Against Tobacco -How to get started?
FIP has prepared a booklet to provide individual pharmacists and pharmaceutical organisations with examples of pharmacists' success stories and best practices in smoking cessation and tobacco control. With this initiative, FIP is encouraging pharmacists and pharmaceutical organisations to initiate and participate in tobacco control activities, together with other health professionals. To assist in the implementation process, FIP and the WHO Europharm document have prepared a document entitled: "Pharmacists Against Tobacco - 10 steps to get started".
Meeting of the Global Network of Pharmacists Against Tobacco: Examples of national and local activities
FIP organised a meeting of the Global Network of Pharmacists Against Tobacco during its Congress in September 2004. The meeting took place on Tuesday, 7 September 2004, from 9h00 until 12h00 in Hyatt Regency Hotel, New Orleans, United States.The following presentations were given at this meeting. [Click on the title to view the presentation as a PDF-file.]
Presentations:
- Pharmacy smoking cessation services - contributing to public health. Sue Sharpe, Chief Executive, Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC), UK
- Smoking cessation project in Australia. Patrick Reid, Pharmacy Guild of Australia
- The pharmacy as an active part of the public health system offer on smoking cessation in Denmark. Helle Jacobsgaard, Pharmacist, The Danish Pharmaceutical Association
- Rx for Change Tobacco Cessation Programme. Karen Hudmon, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, USA
- Pharmacists for promoting a future free of tobacco in India. Maddirala V. Siva Prasada Reddy, South East Asian Pharmaceutical Forum, India
- French campaign against tobacco. Josette Dubray, French Council of Pharmacists, France
- What's working in smoking cessation in the pharmacy profession in the USA - Eliminating tobacco from healthcare facilities. Fred S. Mayer, R.Ph., M.P.H., President, Pharmacists Planning Service, Inc. (PPSI) and Pharmacy Council on Tobacco Dependence (PCTD), USA
- Smoking cessation campaign in Japan. Nobuo Yamamoto, Executive Officer, Japan Pharmaceutical Association and Vice President, Western Pacific Pharmaceutical Forum
- Pharmacists’smoking cessation initiatives in the Western Pacific Region. John Ware, President, Western Pacific Pharmaceutical Forum, Australia
- Pharmacy Students' Activities. Simon Bell, Immediate Past President, International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation (IPSF)
Statements and Press Releases
FIP Statement of Policy on the Role of the Pharmacist in Promoting a Tobacco Free Future [PDF]
FIP Press Release on Tobacco Free Pharmacies, 8 September 2004
This statement was adopted by the FIP Council in September 2003. It gives recommendations to pharmaceutical organisations and individual pharmacists on how to help eliminate tobacco use in the communities they serve.
FIP Press Release, 31 May 2004: Pharmacists play a key role in the fight against tobacco
During the last FIP Congress in Sydney, Australia, the FIP Council agreed to call for a combined effort of all FIP Member Organisations to promote the important role of the pharmacist in health promotion and public health policies.
One way to achieve this objective is to mobilise pharmacists around a major health issue, such as Tobacco Cessation. This issue was tackled through a global campaign for pharmacists on the World No Tobacco Day on 31 May 2004. The theme of the campaign was “The Role of the Pharmacist in Promoting a Tobacco Free Future”.
Promoting a Tobacco Free Future - Pharmacy Students Take Action
This joint statement by the International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation (IPSF) and the European Pharmaceutical Students' Association (EPSA) was adopted in 2004.
WHO Resources
- The Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) is a WHO cabinet project created to focus international attention, resources and action on the global tobacco pandemic.
- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - Information
- Code of Practice on Tobacco Control for health professional organisations [English version] [French version]
On 28-30 January 2004 the "WHO informal meeting of health professional organizations and tobacco control" took place in Geneva, Switzerland. Health Professionals agreed to promote this new code of practice among themselves and their organizations.