SS 16.00-17.30 Special sessions
Taking as a goal one per cent of the tobacco taxes (proposed by WHO), it is interesting to compare how much public money is spent to fund antitobacco programmes in various countries. We already published a table which we would like to update and upgrade in Helsinki.
Besides the public funding it also interesting (presumptuous?) to look at private funding, for instance how much money the big charities (the cancer societies and other "body parts") decide to invest on antitobacco activities.
It seems that in the countries where the cancer societies invested the most in antitobacco advocacy they also won the most in public investment for tobacco control (look at Victoria State, California, Massachusetts, etc).
How come some cancer societies made this choice while some others refuse it?
How can we make progress in the right direction, for the public as well as for the private budgets?
A third dimension will be added to this reflection, with the question of the international resources available for tobacco control, especially the European Union programmes. How can antitobacco groups get better organized at this level?
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