The FCA has prepared the following documents to assist the deliberations of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control at its third session during 17-22 November 2008 in Durban, South Africa.

General documents

• COP-3 document guide
  

Media releases

• Nations take strong stand on tobacco ad bans and effective warning labels; must provide funds
• Africa tobacco control activists gather forces for sustained battle

Media briefings

• COP-3 media briefing: Africa at the crossroads of tobacco control 
• COP-3 media briefing: the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 
• COP-3 media briefing: closing the loopholes in bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
  
• COP-3 media briefing: packaging - amplifying warnings . . . blocking deception
• COP-3 media briefing: industry interference - guidelines must protect health policy from industry sabotage

Fact sheets

• COP-3 fact sheet: plain packaging
• COP-3 fact sheet: impact of tobacco marketing
• COP-3 fact sheet: tobacco industry corporate social responsibility
• COP-3 article 11 fact sheet: emissions constituents
• COP-3 article 11 fact sheet: misleading information
• COP-3 article 11 fact sheet: health warnings

Policy papers

• COP-3 policy briefing: article 5.3 industry interference
• COP-3 comments on draft article 5.3 guidelines: industry interference
• COP-3 policy briefing: illicit trade
• COP-3 policy briefing: reporting and exchange of information
• COP-3 policy briefing articles 9 and 10: product regulation and disclosure
• COP-3 policy briefing article 11: packaging and labelling
• COP-3 policy briefing article 12: education, communication, training and awareness
• COP-3 policy briefing article 13: advertising, promotion and sponsorship
• COP-3 policy briefing article 14: cessation
• COP-3 policy briefing articles 17 and 18: alternative livelihoods and environment
• COP-3 policy briefing article 19: liability
• COP-3 policy briefing: financial resources and mechanisms of assistance
• COP-3 policy briefing: COP budget and workplan

Bulletins

• Download the daily FCA Bulletins from  COP-3 

Guidelines

• Article 5.3: industry interference
• Article 8: secondhand smoke
• Article 11: packaging and labelling
• Article 13: advertising, promotion and sponsorship