EU-USA Partnership
Prof Luke Clancy
AcademyHealth ARM
Chicago 30th June 2009
EU-USA Partnership
• Collaboration
• Personal
• Special Expertise
• Shared Costs
Project Overview
Chicago, 30th June 2009
Project Objective
• To develop evidence-based policy
recommendations to improve market
regulation of tobacco products for more
effective and equitable control of tobacco
use in Europe
MS Representation
Introduction to the Consortium
Research Institute for a Tobacco Free
Society
Prof Luke Clancy
Ireland
Centre for Health Economics,
National Institute for Health and
Welfare
Prof Markku Pekurinen
Finland
University of Bath, School for Health
Dr Anna Gilmore
United Kingdom
Pacific Institute for Research and
Evaluation
Dr David Levy
United States
International Agency for Research on
Cancer
Dr Paolo Boffetta
France
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche
Mario Negri
Dr Silvano Gallus
Italy
Institute Catala d’Oncologia
Dr Esteve Fernandez
Spain
International Union Against
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Ms Fiona Godfrey
France
Specific Project Objectives
WP No.
WP Title
1
Management
2
European survey on economic aspects of smoking
3
Econometric analysis of demand
4
Modelling of effects of tobacco control interventions and their
interaction with fiscal policy
5
Industry and market response to fiscal policy
6
Policy analysis and recommendations
7
Integration and dissemination
WP3: Econometric analysis of
demand
• To gain an understanding of price and
income effects on smoking prevalence and
consumption among various subgroups of
the population and in various MS at
different stages of tobacco control
development
WP2: European survey on
economic aspects of smoking
• To estimate prevalence, consumption,
social acceptability of smoking, purchasing
patterns and attitudes towards fiscal policy
through a cross sectional survey of 19
strategically selected MS
WP4: SimSmoke Modeling
• To model the impact of price and tax
policies – alone and their interaction with
other tobacco control policies – on
prevalence, quantity smoked, total
cigarettes purchased and deaths
• David Levy- Pacific Institute for Research and
Evaluation
WP5: Industry and Market
Response
•
To determine how pricing policies relate
to the emergence of grey and illegal
markets and product substitution
•
To anticipate and mitigate tobacco
industry response to policy
recommendations through examining
past approaches
WP6: Policy analysis and
recommendations
• To integrate and distil the findings of other
workpackages into policy
recommendations with consideration of
existing EU policy and the feasibility of
their adoption
WP7: Integration and
dissemination
• To disseminate widely the deliverables of
other workpackages
• To integrate and publish findings as part of
the IARC Cancer Prevention Handbook
series
Expected Outcomes
• Clear policy messages backed by strong
supporting evidence
• Widespread awareness and support for
recommendations
• Tools to guide fiscal policy use at EU and
MS level
Expert Consultants
Association of European Cancer
Leagues
Mr. L Joossens
Belgium
Harvard School of Public Health at
University of Athens
Dr D Trichopoulos
Greece
N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer
Research Centre
Dr S Subramanian
Russia
Porto University Medical School
Dr H Barros
Portugal
Health Promotion Foundation
Prof W Zatonski
Poland
Expert Consultants
Karolinksa Institutet
Prof. M Lambe
Sweden
Information Services Division, NHS
Dr C Fischbacher
United
Kingdom
American Cancer Society
Dr H Ross
United States
Romanian Network for Smoking
Prevention
Dr F Mihaltan
Romania
Department for Protection of Public
Health, MOH
Dr Masha Gavrailova
Bulgaria
Role of Expert Consultants
• Data Collection
– Increase access
– Assess provenance
– Assist in analysis
• Regional perspective
– Interpretation of findings
– Adaptation of policy recommendations
• Visit partner institutions
• Input into relevant project meetings
EU-USA Partnerships
• Globalised Diseases
• Tobacco
• Obesity
• Cancer
EU-USA Partnership
• Credibility
• Defence against the industry
• Translation
• Dissemination
EU-USA Partnerships
• Leadership
• Capacity
• Competence
• Confidence
PPACTE KICK Off Meeting Feb 09
Thank you
Luke Clancy
lclancy@tri.ie
www.ppacte.eu
+353 1 489 3638
HEALTH-2007-4.2-5: Effectiveness of
fiscal policies for tobacco control in Europe
Develop and validate a methodology to allow
analysis, comparison and assessment of the
effectiveness of pricing policies across Europe
and their impact on tobacco use, cessation and
relapse behaviour in multiple population
subgroups. This research should address
differential price and income effects as well as
substitution, emergence of grey/illegal markets
and the relation to smoking restriction policies.
WP1 Management
• To ensure the legal contractual obligations
are met in accordance with the grant
agreement
• To coordinate the production of reports,
manage resources and distribute funds