Task Group Report for Icoh Network on Tobacco -free workplaces

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  • RUDDY FACCI (Chair ) - ICOH ................................... Brazil
  • HUGO CASETTI (Secretary) - ICOH ........................... Argentina
  • GIUSEPPE ABBRITTI - ICOH ...................................... Italy
  • JEAN-FRANÇOIS CAILLARD - ICOH ......................... France
  • FERNANDO CARVALHO - ICOH ................................ Brazil
  • BERTRAND DAUTZENBERG ..................................... France
  • GÉRARD DUBOIS ......................................................... France
  • SIBYLE FLEITMANN ...................................................... Switzerland
  • TEE GUIDOTTI - ICOH ...................................................USA
  • TAI HING LAM - ICOH .....................................................Hong Kong
  • NEJMA MACKLAIN ......................................................... Switzerland
  • GUSTAV SCHAECKE - ICOH ....................................... Germany
  • KEN TAKAHASHI - ICOH ............................................... Japan
  • JEAN TOSTAIN ............................................................... France
  • TRINH VUDUC - ICOH ...................................................Switzerland
  • HIROSHI YAMATO - ICOH ............................................. Japan

MEETINGS:

1. PARIS - 2001
Participants :

· Jean-François Caillard - ICOH
· Jean Tostain - President of EUN - European Union of Non-Smokers
· Maryke Huydts - Secretary of EUN
· Bertrand Dautzernberg - General Secretary of Tobacco Prevention Office
· Gerard Dubois - Centre Hospitalaire Universitaire d'Amiens
· Ruddy Facci - ICOH Vice President / Chair of Network Group

2. GENEVA (WHO) - 2001
Participants :

· Greg Goldstein - WHO / Coordinator of Dept. of Health Promotion
· Nejma Macklain - WHO / Tobacco Free Initiative
· Jean Tostain - EUN
· Ruddy Facci - Vice-President ICOH

3. GENEVA - 2001
Participants :

· Michel Guillemin - Director, Institut Universitaire Romand du Santé au Travail - IST
· Horacio Herrera - Higyenist of IST
· Ruddy Facci - Vice-President ICOH

4. GENEVA (ILO) - 2001
Participants :

· Judith Peterson - ILO / Alcohol, Drug and Tobacco Prevention Programmes
· Ahmed Khalef - ILO / Bureau of Workers' Activities
· Jjorn Grunewald - ILO / Principal Officer, Bureau for Employres' Activities
· Jean Tostain - EUN
· Ruddy Facci - Vice-President ICOH

PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS / CONCLUSIONS / RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. Tobbaco smoking can be considered an "occupational hazard"
2. The extent of exposure and effects can be evaluated
3. An exposure limit value (TLV) can be set (Observation = according to a committee of experts at the Helsinki European Conference, the limit should be ZERO)
4. The next ICOH Congress will be officially a Non-Smoking Congress
5. ICOH 2003 Congress (venue: Iguassu – Brazil) will have a mini-symposia or a key note address related to this issue.
6. The ICOH Website will have information related to this Network
7. Establish partnerships with other organizations; first contact is already done with ILO ( Alcohol, Drug and Tobacco Prevention Programmes = Judith Peterson) and ENSP (European Network for Smoking Prevention) = Sibylle Fleitmann.
8. May, 2001 = Berlin Conference on Smoke Free Workplaces will have ICOH support, and Gustav Schaecke, on behlaf of ICOH, will present our project.
9. Send to ICOH members a questionnaire (simple version) about smoking free workplaces, asking for comments.

TARGET : TO WRITE A "STATEMENT" TO BE PRESENTED TO THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION
ON TOBACCO CONTROL, WHO - June 2003

NEXT ACTIVITY:

ICOH Network on Tobacco Free Workplaces meeting :
Venue = Berlin
Date = October 8 , 2001

Main goals = Berlin Conference report
Definition of "Anti-tobacco Policies at Workplaces" - first draft
To present it to ICOH Officers in November / 2001 - Iguassu
To discuss at ICOH Mid -term meeting in March 2002 - Rome
To be approved by ICOH General Assembly at ICOH 2003 Congress