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.~/.. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO Copy Request Form Request Number: Organization: Physicians for a smoke free Canada 27 I Request Details Request Date: ............ ~..~..../'..~...~. ......................... . ... . File Number: ..... .\~.~...~ ...... Box Number: ..... [..~..~..[ ........ Page Range: First Page Last Page /, , ! Requested By: (Print Name) ....... ~ ........................ Details below will be filled in by Depository Staff Only II Copy Details Copied By: ~. ~....~~... ................ ooel oo =J • • ,o eoe Date: .....~..g'. i/~. J...~...~. ......... Time: ...//./..'.~..~..~ .......... Copy Checked By:....... ....................................... .. . .... ..... Date: Time: ........... oooeeooo • • • eo • • • • • Qe • •• • olleleeee•oQoee•••* •D • ••to •uo••a IIl Delivery Details Checked By: ............................... .... . Date: ................... Sent By:................... ...................... . Date: ..................... BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

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THE TOBACCO ISSUES (TOBI) DATABANK INFOTAB's TOBacco Issues (TOBI) databank is available for access by members and is being demonstrated at the workshop. The computer is situated in the main conference hall and will be available for demonstration before coffee breaks and lunch breaks. Naturally, David Ball (INFOTAB's database manager) will be happy to answer questions regarding access to the system and its operation. Requests for registration for the databank will be taken at any time during conference hours. Demonstrations can be arranged later in the evenings if required. ACCESS TO THE TOBI DATABANK. Access to INFOTAB's computer system is via international computer communication networks (which are less expensive and more reliable than international telephone lines). You will require a video terminal (VT) or a personal computer (PC) acting as a VT, together with a modem, to gain access to INFOTAB's computer via these networks. Members requesting access are given a USERNAME and PASSWORD that lets them into the system. The computer's security checking procedure denies access to any incoming call that does not originate from an address that is stored in the computer's security database. When logged into the system the user is prompted with a choice of issue or database options, as shown below. DATABANK b~IN MENU ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE ... 1 ECONOMIC IMPACT ............... 2 "SOCIAL COSTS" . ............... 3 "ADDICTION" ................... 4 ADVERTISING and PROMOTION ..... 5 ISSUES WARNING LABELS ........ 6 PRIMARY HEALTH ........ CONSTITUENTS .......... 8 TAXATION .............. 9 GENERAL ISSUES (GENISS documentation database) ............. 10 ORGANIZATIONS and PEOPLE ................................... Ii EXIT FROM THIS M~NU ........................................ 12 O t~4 tJn BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

On selecting one of the options, a further menu displaying the types of information available on that option is presented. For example if you were to select option 1 (Environmental Tobacco Smoke) the following menu would be displayed: ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE MENU INFORmaTION TYPE: LEGISLATION and REGULATIONS .................... 1 INDUSTRY ACTION ................................ 2 DOCUMENTATION ................................. 3 ARGUMENTATION .................................. 4 EXIT FROM THIS MENU ............................ 5 Your selection here would automatically route you to the relevant database. Our experienced users can bypass these menus if they so wish. The user can then search the database, storing his search questions should he so wish, and display the results. The language used to ask questions of the databases (STATUS Command Language) comprises natural English words and is not difficult to work with. The results of database searches can be either printed out on a printer connected to the user's terminal or downloaded to the disc on the user's personal computer. Moving from one database to another is easy, you simply return to the Databank Main Menu (by typing RET) and choose the desired option. Throughout the interaction the user is prompted for the necessary responses. Inappropriate responses are signalled in a friendly and meaningful manner and the user is asked to re-input. In this way system error messages, that could confuse users unfamiliar with computer jargon, are avoided. For those members interested in Digital's equipment, a representative from Digital Equipment Corporation will be on hand Wednesday morning to provide technical information about Digital's products and about networking, wordprocessing and security etc. We sincerely hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity to examine INFOTAD's TOBI databank and we look forward to welcoming you on-line in the near future. O t~4 kO BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

O0 _O What does TOB! contain? Who should use TOBI? o ~. , A number oF databases which provide Anyone who deals on a daily basis with up-to-dale records of publicly-available Iobarco issues, especially in the public affairs material, in English and in summary form. area. in addition t. librarians, documenlalisls on issues of interest Io the tobacco industry, and analysts. TOBI provides access Io ~t~ The databases contain, for example, in-depth summaries uf technical and scientific material on: documenls as well as Io the latest • adverlisin8 and sponsarship developments on issues which public affairs • environmental tobacco smuke executives regularly encounter. • economic impact and "sociar' (:,)sis ,",1 "g "I1 ¢n "11 O ....x [g ~t -w O ._.x ¢.O ¢,O ¢D /INFOTAB Tobacco Issues databank, created for INFOTAB members • developing countries • molivalion to smoke • anti-smoking activities • legislalion and regulali.ns worldwide There are also: • INFOTAB publications • a calendar nf meelings and evenls • argumenlalion on Inbaccn issues The main sources of this material are: • 100 periodicals I,, which iNFOTAB subscribes • 300 other [ournals • books, repurls, eh:. from a wide variety of publishers • industry publlcalions • articles senl in by INFOTAB's w.rld-wide membership I t Is TOBI easy to use? "roB1 uses a text retrieval package called STATUS. STATUS is powerful bul user- friendly, so lillle Iraining is needed Io slarl searching Ihe dalabase. STATUS cummands use a "nalural language" approach so Ihal you will n.t need to learn complicated computer jargun or special symbols. With only 10-1o-15 basic comlnands, you can perform almosl any search required. These and more elaborale search procedures are explained in Ihe Database Users' Guide. LCj 1611£L0 1

O0 oo g- o ",1 "10 "1'1 ¢,n "11 O O ¢,O t,,O ¢,O • What is needed to use TOBI? e TOBI is slored at INFOTAB's offices on a Digital Microvax II miniframe computer, a fast, multi-user machine. You Iherefore need: • a terminal • a modem • access Io an X25 communications network Terminal: most personal computers can be used as terminals if equipped with emulation software. Using Digital equipment gives you access to eleclronic mail and phone utilities that non-Digital terminals may nol offer. Modem: This is a unil which connects your terminal lu INFOTAB's terminal via Ihe lelephone system. Information aboul modems is obtainable through your local telephone company. ~.. Communications network: access to INFOTAB's databases is Ihrough an international computer communications network called X25: it may have a different name in yaur country. Access is usually arranged through your local lelephone company. What is the first step in using TOBI? Where is more information on TOBI available? RegJsler wilh INFOTAB to gel your Username and Password thai will enable you to log on to the system. Once accepled by the syslem, you will be shown a menu from which you can selecl the option desired. When is TOBI available? 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. What about security? In INFOTAB's easy-to-use Database Users' Guide. This takes new users, slep-by-slep, IhrouRh search procedures, using examples which demonstrate the "natural language" structure of STATUS commands. Or contact: INFOTAB rue Monloyer 10 B-1040 Brussels, Belgium Telephone: (32-2) 511 91 10 Database manager:. David Ball Only bona fide users have access to TOBI. This is assured Ihr.ugh the Iried and lesled securily measures of the computer's operating syslem IVMS) Ingether with additional facililies prCJvided by Ihe STATUS s.fiware ilself. 8 L6 [ZOl

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O "U "rl CO -rl o ..& [g ea O __x tO tO ¢0 The Tobacco Industry In Zimbabwe "The value ol'tobacco to the Ztmbabwean is immense..." The Prime Minister, the Hon. Robert Mugabe, opening Tobacco Sales Aucti6n Floor, May 1986. Zimbabwe Is the world's third largest exporter of tobacco. We currently have 16% Of the world market; Zimbabwe exports 98% of its tobacco, which is bought by some 78 countries world-wide; Zlmbabwe's tobacco exports earned Z$294 million in 1984/85 which was nearly 24% of our total export earnings; Zlmbabwe's tobacco industry generates expenditure throughout our economyamountlng to 12% of our Gross Domestic Products; Zimbabwe's tobacco industry employs some 91 500 people and provides a livelihood for over 500 000 or 6% of our total populatiorc 2916b$10l