Julia Stafford, Laura Bond & Mike Daube. WA Tobacco Documen

1
Lessons From Tobacco Industry Documents
Past, Present and Future
Julia Stafford, Laura Bond Mike Daube WA
Tobacco Document Searching Program
2
Introduction

• Tobacco industry
• Vector of tobacco-caused cancers
• Supply tobacco products
• Maintain freedom from regulation and restrictions
• 1998 Master Settlement Agreement
• WA Tobacco Document Searching Program

3
Methods

• Systematic document search
• Legacy Tobacco Document Library
• Philip Morris document site
• Keywords
• Western Australia, Perth

4
Results The Past

• Tax increases on cigarettes
• Legislative attempts to ban tobacco product
  advertising and sponsorship
• Health warnings on cigarette packs

5
Tax Increases on Cigarettes
Bates 2024272396/2399
6
Bates2024272391
7
Legislative Attempts to Ban Tobacco Product
Advertising and Sponsorship
Bates2023084873/4875
8
Bates304100150/0153
9
Bates 2023272358
10
Health Warnings on Cigarette Packs
Bates 2048203886/3891
11
Bates 2500060830
12
Bates 2045680525
13
The Present

• Tobacco product taxes
• Bans on tobacco advertising and sponsorship
• Graphic health warnings on packs
• Smoke-free clubs and pubs
• Smoke-free alfresco areas and beaches

14
The Future

• Generic packaging

Bates 502605074/5075

• Under the counter product displays
• Further tax increases
• Smoke-free cars carrying children

15
Conclusions

• Industry documents provide local examples of
  strategies to
• Maintain freedom from regulation and restrictions
• Obstruct past, present and future tobacco control
  measures
• Significance of WA tobacco control
• International industry aware of WA situation via
  industry reports and media monitoring

16
Conclusions

• Evidence of industrys areas of concern
• Inform future policy development by strengthening
  tobacco control advocacy campaigns
• Challenging the tobacco industry

17
Contact Details

• Julia Stafford
• WA Tobacco Document Searching Program
• Curtin University of Technology
• j.stafford_at_curtin.edu.au
• 9266 2344