Union for International Cancer Control and Cancer Research UK Tobacco Control Partnership Launch

Organised by Union for International Cancer Control (Switzerland) and Cancer Research UK (United Kingdom)

Chaired by Natalie Varney-Hopkins, Cancer Research UK (United Kingdom)

Presentations:

1. Cancer Research UK’s investment into a UICC/CRUK partnership and tobacco control

Alex Wright, Cancer Research UK (United Kingdom)

2. Development of a sustainable tobacco control & taxation joint programme

Sonali Johnson, Union for International Cancer Control (Switzerland)

3. Commenting on the regional status of tobacco control and reflecting on the partnership between CRUK and UICC

Rachel Devotsu Kitonyo, McCabe Center for Law and Cancer

4. Reflections from the WHO FCTC Secretariat

Andrew Black, WHO (Switzerland)

Description:

UICC and CRUK intend to announce the partnership they are forming to work in tobacco control. The keystone initiative of the partnership will be a joint multi-year programme in Kenya and Uganda, which will focus on strengthening coalitions of civil society and cancer organisations to advocate for tobacco control policies, particularly Article 6 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The session will highlight the aims of the programme and involve key stakeholders in the region who can speak to the necessity of tobacco control policy in these contexts.