Nouvelles sur le tabagisme de Stop-tabac.ch Préparées par Jean-François Etter Le 04 Mars 2008

L'OMS prévoit un traité sur la contrebande du tabac en 2010

L'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) espèrent adopter en 2010 un traité international sur la contrebande du tabac. Les Etats membres se sont réunis cette semaine à Genève pour débattre d'un nouveau protocole.

[ats] - "Il a été finalement décidé que nous voulons un protocole sur la contrebande du tabac", a dit devant la presse Ian Walton-George, président de l'organe intergouvernemental de négociation d'un protocole sur le commerce illicite de produits du tabac.

"2010 serait envisageable pour finaliser les négociations et adopter le texte du protocole", a déclaré Haik Nikogosian, chef du secrétariat de la Convention-cadre de l'OMS pour la lutte antitabac.

Les Etats membres se sont réunis cette semaine au siège de l'OMS à! Genève pour débattre d'un nouveau protocole sur la contrebande du tabac, qui complèterait la convention anti-tabac de l'OMS entrée en vigueur en février 2005.

Le commerce illégal de tabac constitue environ 10% du total des ventes et coûte entre 40 et 50 milliards de dollars (44-55 milliards de francs) chaque année aux gouvernements, selon le groupe de pression Corporate Accountability International (CAI). Cette organisation accuse les fabricants d'alimenter les réseaux de contrebande afin de prendre pied dans les marchés des pays en développement.
Source: (18.02.2008)
http://fr.bluewin.ch/infos/index.php/economie/i/20080215:brf050

Champix (varénicline)

Entre février et novembre 2007, 330 000 personnes en France ont suivi un sevrage tabagique par Champix. Un premier bilan de pharmacovigilance sur les 6 premiers mois de commercialisation rapporte 335 cas d'effets indésirables () digestifs, psychiatriques et cardiovasculaires. L'AFSSaPS souligne néanmoins, qu'il est difficile d'évaluer la responsabilité du Champix car les symptômes cardiovasculaires et psychiatriques peuvent également apparaître lors du sevrage tabagique sans médicament. Cela étant, les risques de troubles de l'humeur et de comportements suicidaires ont conduit l'Agence européenne du Médicament à proposer la modification des informations destinées aux professionnels de santé et aux patients .
Source :
http://w! ww.destinationsante.com/fr_depeche.php?id_rubrique=281&id_article=24201&cat=1

Animal Rights Terrorists Close to Killing a Scientist

On Tuesday, February 5, an incendiary device ignited at the front door of the home of Dr. Edythe London, an NIHsupported senior scientist and professor in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. This terrorist act against a scientist who has dedicated 30 years of her life to medical research is intolerable.

This is the second time in four months that she has been targeted. The first time, an extremist group calling itself the Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for flooding Londons home and causing $30,000 worth of damage. Although no one has claimed responsibility for this attack, it is similar to two previous strikes by animal rights activists (in 2006 and 2007) against an ophthalmologist and a research psychologist at UCLA who used Molotov cocktailtype devices, which were lit but did not ignite. These attacks are part of a campaign of unrelenting harassment that has also involved! the researchers family members. The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the incidents.

Dr. London has dedicated most of her life to studying how chronic drug abuse affects brain function and behavioral control. Her work is a prime example of NIHs efforts to promote translational research, tightly integrating animal and human studies in order to more rapidly bring new discoveries to the public. Dr. Londons research is part of a broader public health effort to develop effective treatments for people suffering from addictiona disease that devastates individuals, families, communities, and costs society more than half a trillion dollars annually in health and crime-related costs and losses in productivity.

It is important to note that all animals used in federally funded research are protected by laws, regulations, and policies to ensure they are used in the smallest numbers possible with the greatest commitment to their comfort. The knowledge w! e gain from animal models is used to develop life-saving treat! ments fo r many diseases affecting the public health, including addiction. This knowledge ultimately saves lives and improves the quality of life for individuals, their families, and all of society.

Attacks on researchers and scientific institutions threaten the health of the nation. Terrorism against researchers using animals is real and intolerable. The terrorist activity against Dr. London and her family was not discourse, it was not just intimidation--it was life threatening. This was a threat not only to her but to dedicated scientists working to improve serious health problems facing this country. This violence is escalatingand it must stop.

Source: SRNT listserv (www.srnt.org), see also
http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/02/animal-rights-terrorists-close-to.html