<p>The WHO ‘No Tobacco’ Unit (TFI) of the Health Promotion Department is pleased to announce the launch of two online courses on tobacco product regulation on <a href="https://openwho.org/courses?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=tprs" title="https://openwho.org/courses?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=tprs"><strong>OpenWHO</strong></a><strong>.</strong> Tobacco Product Regulation in simple terms, is what goes into the product and what comes out during use, which in technical terms are referred
to as the contents (in) and emissions (out) of tobacco products.</p><p>Tobacco products kill half of its users, so regulation of these products is of critical importance to reduce the demand for tobacco and protect public health, especially young people.</p><p>The online courses provide practical guidance on tobacco product regulation and will be useful to a wide range of audiences, including policymakers, regulators, health authorities, tobacco control advocates, researchers and anyone interested in tobacco
product regulation. Further, the courses provide clear guidance on tobacco product regulation in line with Articles 9 and 10 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The teaser video, which elegantly introduces the courses, is available
for viewing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG5rhDk_hq0&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The courses are based on WHO’s tobacco product regulation handbooks,<span style="text-decoration:underline;"> <strong><em><a href="https://www.who.int/tobacco/publications/prod_regulation/basic-handbook/en/" target="_blank">The Basics of Tobacco Product Regulation</a></em></strong></span> and <strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="https://www.who.int/tobacco/publications/prod_regulation/building-laboratory-testing-capacity/en/" target="_blank">Building Laboratory Testing Capacity</a></span></em></strong>
<span style="text-decoration:underline;"> </span>and further information on the courses is provided below: </p><ul><li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;font-size:inherit;">Course 1, on the </span><a href="https://openwho.org/courses/TPRS-tobacco-product-regulation-handbook" target="_blank" title="https://openwho.org/courses/TPRS-tobacco-product-regulation-handbook" style="font-family:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;font-size:inherit;"><strong>Basics of Tobacco Product Regulation</strong></a>
<strong style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;font-size:inherit;">,</strong><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;font-size:inherit;"> is a basic reference document for regulators/health authorities in any country and other interested parties seeking to monitor, evaluate and regulate tobacco products. It is delivered by Dr Ghazi Zaatari, Chair of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation and will take approximately 3 hours to complete.</span></li><li><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;font-size:inherit;"></span>Course 2, on <strong style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;font-size:inherit;"><a href="https://openwho.org/courses/TPRS-building-laboratory-testing-capacity" target="_blank">Building Laboratory Testing Capacity</a>,</strong><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;font-size:inherit;">
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;font-size:inherit;"> provides practical, stepwise approaches to implementing tobacco testing and comprehensible information on how to test tobacco products, what products to test, and how to use testing data in a meaningful way to support regulation. It also
provides a step-by-step guide to developing a testing laboratory, using an existing internal laboratory, contracting an external laboratory, and making use of the available support mechanisms both within WHO and externally. The course is delivered
by Dr Nuan Ping Cheah, Chair of the WHO Tobacco Laboratory Network and will take approximately 2 hours to complete.</span></li></ul><p><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">Both courses are a call to countries to prioritize and commit resources to strengthen tobacco regulation capacity. Failure to regulate tobacco products represents a missed opportunity, as tobacco product regulation is a valuable tool that complements other tried and tested tobacco control interventions, as part of a comprehensive tobacco control programme. </span><br /></p><p>A certificate of achievement is issued for each course to those who have completed the materials and earned at least 80% of the maximum number of points from all graded assignments.</p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">We hope you will find these resources useful. Further guidance is available across the three levels of WHO. Please do not hesitate to <a href="mailto:tfi@who.int">contact us</a> should you require further information, technical advice or have questions.</span><br /></p><p> </p>
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