Ash Wales Communicate, Collaborate, Celebrate; Conference 2010
For a Tobacco Free Wales
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Smoke Free Futures:
Tobacco Control
Conference
- 10
- Oct 11 - 12
Speakers
Plenary Speakers
- The Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM
First Minister for Wales - Professor Gerard Hastings
Institute for Social Marketing: a collaboration between the University of Stirling and The Open University - Professor Ann McNeil
Professor of Health Policy and Promotion, University of Nottingham - Chris Tudor Smith
Head, Health Improvement Division, Welsh Assembly Government - Deborah Arnott
ASH England - Kari Paaso
Director, Department for Promotion of Welfare and Health, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland - Bob Hudson
Chief Executive, Public Health Wales - Becky Freeman
Researcher, School of Public Health, University of Sydney - Deborah Lycett
Consultant Dietician and PhD Rresearcher at the University of Birmingham - Denis Gertler
Director, Tax Programs Project Office - Ontario Ministry of Revenue - Luk Joossens
Advocacy officer - Association of European Cancer Leagues - Charlotte Lunt
Youth Advocacy Manager - Smokefree North West - Melanie Owens
Health Improvement Practitioner – Tobacco - NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Smoke Free Youth Services - Dan Tickle
Chief Executive - No Smoking Day - Vikki Wood
Public Health Practitioner - Stop Smoking Wales
Plenary Speakers
Kari PaasoDirector - The Finnish Ministry for Social Affairs and Health
Abstract Title: The Finnish Experience in Tobacco Control Policies
The New Finnish Tobacco Act says clear and loud that the objective of the act is to end the consumption of tobacco products, which contain toxic compounds and create dependence. The Finnish Government has set a goal of Smoke free Finland by the year 2040 and the New Act is a manifestation of this. The Act also bans the display of tobacco products at the point of sale, bans vending machines and widens smoke free areas in joint facilities as well as in outdoor festivals. My paper discuss the making of the Act, who was a friend and who a foe. Moreover, my paper discusses the history of the Finnish tobacco policies, the links with international and EU endeavors. Finally I shall try to outline the way forward.
Author Biography:
Mr Kari Paaso works for the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health as a Director. He is the Head of Unit for Harm Prevention. The Harm Prevention Unit deals with policy and legal matters on tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs, gambling, injury prevention and domestic violence.
Mr Paaso started in the Ministry in 1996 but he moved to the European Commission, DG SANCO (Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General), in 2002 to work on tobacco and alcohol related matters. His main area of work in the Commission was preparation and finalisation of legal tobacco files. He was a member of the Commission team in the FCTC negotiations in 2002 and in the final round in 2003. He was the responsible officer in preparing the Commission Decision on the colour photos to be used as pictorial warnings for tobacco packages.
Mr Paaso was involved in finalising the Tobacco Advertising Directive and the Council Recommendation on the measures to reduce smoking and as well as in finalising the first report on the implementation of the Tobacco Products Directive. He was the responsible officer when the report on the European Tobacco Policy, the ASPECT Report, was initiated.
From the Commission he moved to the WHO Regional Office for Europe in 2006 to work as an Acting Programme Manager for tobacco and alcohol policy. When his term as a national expert in the WHO expired he returned to the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in 2007.
Mr Paaso is a lawyer. He graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1977.
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