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Papers by Neil Collishaw

Springer eBooks, 1995

Aujourd’hui nos conferenciers nous ont raconte quelques histoires de reussites des mises en place... more Aujourd’hui nos conferenciers nous ont raconte quelques histoires de reussites des mises en place et de financement des politiques du controle du tabac en Amerique du Nord, en Europe et en Australie. Je voudrais maintenant en tirer quelques lecons qui pourraient aider au developpement des politiques du controle du tabac partout au monde. Je me contenterai de decrire six principes importantes, dont quatre concernent la mise en place d’une politique et les deux autres concernent son financement (Voir le tableau 1).

Springer eBooks, 2000

Since 1970, the World Health Assembly has adopted 16 resolutions on tobacco or health issues, sev... more Since 1970, the World Health Assembly has adopted 16 resolutions on tobacco or health issues, several of them calling for the implementation of comprehensive tobacco control policies and programmes. There has been a good deal of progress towards this goal, but only a few countries have fully implemented the comprehensive tobacco control called for by the World Health Assembly. There is clear evidence that the implementation of such policies can contribute to slowing, stabilizing or reducing tobacco consumption. In addition to progress in tobacco control at the national level, there are encouraging indications of greater international collaboration and coordination of international and global tobacco control efforts.

Development bulletin, 2000

Academic Medicine, Apr 1, 1972

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Jul 1, 1983

Yields of chemical constituents such as tar, nicotine, CO, and HCN defined by smoking machines ar... more Yields of chemical constituents such as tar, nicotine, CO, and HCN defined by smoking machines are commonly assumed to provide a reasonable indication of the relative hazard associated with smoking a given brand of cigarette. Results reported here suggest that this assumption should be carefully reexamined. A total of 240 subjects, representing a wide range of smoking and brand characteristics, were recruited for an investigation of possible relations between brand yields and exposure (levels of carboxyhemoglobin, breath CO, plasma cotinine, plasma thiocyanate, and saliva thiocyanate). Exposure was highly correlated with consumption (number of cigarettes per day), but their was no correlation between any estimate of exposure and brand yield when level of consumption was held constant. In addition, a comparison of levels of carboxyhemoglobin and plasma thiocyanate for 16 smokers of "low-hazard" and 15 smokers of "high-hazard" cigarette brands revealed little difference between the two groups, even though average cigarette yields differed as much as 2- to 3-fold. A possible explanation for the results may be that current values for average puff volume, duration, and interval differ significantly from those used in programming smoking machines, particularly in the case of brands with low nicotine delivery.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 1984

Canada ranks 4th among all nations and leads the major industrialized nations in per capita consu... more Canada ranks 4th among all nations and leads the major industrialized nations in per capita consumption of manufactured cigarettes -- the dominant although not the only form of tobacco consumed worldwide. Per capita tobacco consumption declined slightly in Canada from 1974-82 but total consumption actually increased -- but not as rapidly as population growth. Preliminary data for 1983 show that Canadian tobacco consumption decreased substantially. For 12 months in 1981-82 the price of tobacco products in Canada increased faster than the rate of inflation likely accounting in large measure for decreased consumption. In the US per capita cigarette consumption for individuals 18 years or older has decreased at an annual rate of 0.6% from 1963-78 even less than the rate of decline reported for Canada. Additionally the proportion of smokers has declined at an annual rate of 1.6% from 1965-80 (42% to 33%). The relatively high rate of decline in the percentage of smokers compared with that in per capita cigarette consumption indicates that the average number of cigareetes smoked per smoker has increased. The increase in the number of cigarettes consumed per smoker has averaged approximately 1% per year. The decline in the percentage of persons in the US who smoke has been at least partially offset by an increase in the percentage who use "smokeless" tobacco. The use of smokeless tobacco products has increased at an annual rate of approximately 11% per year since 1974. An estimated 22 million persons use smokeless tobacco. Tobacco use is a significant public health problem in the US and many other countries and is responsible in the US for an excess of 350000 premature deaths annually.

Preventive Medicine, Mar 1, 1985

Yields of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide were compared in selected Canadian brands of manufac... more Yields of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide were compared in selected Canadian brands of manufactured and hand-rolled cigarettes, and small and large cigars. To control for varying volumes of smoke delivery per cigarette or cigar, standardized comparisons in milligrams of toxic substance per liter of smoke were made. The mean deliveries per liter of smoke and tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide were highest for small cigars, followed by hand-rolled and manufactured cigarettes; large cigars had the lowest deliveries. Five out of six brands of cigarettes handmade from fine-cut tobacco delivered significantly more tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide per cigarette or per liter than did the identically named manufactured brand.

This study prepared by the Canadian Department of National Health and Welfare presents data on to... more This study prepared by the Canadian Department of National Health and Welfare presents data on tobacco consumption in Canada and discusses strategies for smoking prevention. Despite growing evidence that cigarette smoking is a health hazard over 6 million Canadians continue to smoke regularly. In 1975 43% of all males and 31% of all females over 15 years of age smoked. Among adolescents the smoking rate for males has remained about the same in recent years but has increased for females. Studies have demonstrated that adolescents are more likely to smoke if their friends smoke if their parents smoke and if only one parent is living in the home. While social factors play a major role in determining smoking habits for adolescents adult smoking habits are determined primarily by inner needs. Canada produces most of its own tobacco and tobacco products. About 15 million dollars is expended each year by the tobacco industry on advertising and retail sales of cigarettes and cigars amounted...

Chronic Diseases in Canada, 2008

In this age of chronic disease and shared decision making, individuals are encouraged to contribu... more In this age of chronic disease and shared decision making, individuals are encouraged to contribute to decisions about health care. Health literacy, including numeracy, is requisite to meaningful participation and has been accepted as a determinant of health. The purpose of this study was to describe the influence of literacy, consisting of prose and numeracy skill, math anxiety, attained education and context of information on participant ability to comprehend Internet-based colorectal cancer prevention information. Prose, numeracy, and math-anxiety data, as well as demographic details, were collected for 140 Canadian adults, aged 50+ years. Participants had adequate prose literacy (STOFHLA) scores, high STOFHLA numeracy scores, moderate levels of health-context numeracy, poorer generalcontext numeracy and moderate math anxiety. There was better comprehension by participants of common (9.14/11) compared with uncommon (7.64/11) colorectal cancer information (p $lt; 0.01). Prose lite...

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2004

Canadian Medical Association journal, Jan 22, 1972

Tobacco and Health, 1995

Chronic diseases in …

Page 1. 1 Smoker Preference for Compensatible Cigarettes: Elasticity in the Canadian Cigarette Ma... more Page 1. 1 Smoker Preference for Compensatible Cigarettes: Elasticity in the Canadian Cigarette Market Michael O. Chaiton Neil E. Collishaw Aaron J. Callard Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada, Ottawa, Canada Correspondence ...

Preventive Medicine, 1985

Canadian Medical Association journal, Jan 22, 1971