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Table 4 Recommendations for additional tobacco control policy measures in Israel

From: Tobacco policy in Israel: 1948–2014 and beyond

Recommendation

Supported by

Guarantee funding for tobacco control

NTCP, FCTC Article 5

Place strong curbs on tobacco industry advertising, marketing, and promotion

NTCP, HI2020, FCTC Article 13, MPOWER

Educate the Israeli public about the dangers of smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke

NCTP, HI2020, MPOWER

Enforce tobacco control laws

NTCP, HI 2020, FCTC Articles 7 and 8, MPOWER

Protect children from tobacco smoke exposure

HI2020

Develop and implement a wise policy for e-cigarettes, other harm-reducing products, and alternative forms of tobacco

 

Monitor the implementation and effectiveness of the NTCP and other tobacco control policies, and perform core tobacco control research

HI2020, FCTC (Article 5), MPOWER

Periodically update the NTCP, and include an Endgame strategy

FCTC (Article 5)

  1. NTCP: Israel National Tobacco Control Plan.
  2. HI2020: Healthy Israel 2020.
  3. FCTC: World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
  4. MPOWER: World Health Organization’s suggested measures to assist in country-level implementation of effective interventions to reduce demand for tobacco.