Luk Joossens

Biographic Data

ID7700305
NAMELuk Joossens
GIVEN NAMESLuk
FAMILY NAMEJoossens
SIGNATUREJOOSSENS L
AFFILIATIONSEuropean CanCer Organisation
ORCID0000-0002-6263-002X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS18
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR18
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1992
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX0

  • Tool to monitor tobacco control policy implementation

    Ariadna Feliu, Cristina Martínez et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2021

    Panama, Uruguay and Ecuador are the tobacco control policy leaders in LA; however, tobacco control in the region has room for improvement since nine countries have a total score under 50 pts. The TCS is a feasible and adaptable tool to monitor tobacco control in other WHO regions beyond Europe

  • Impact of tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and quit ratios in 27 European Union countries from 2006 to 2014

    Open AccessAriadna Feliu, Filippos T Filippidis et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2018

    EU27 should continue implementing comprehensive tobacco control policies as they are key for reducing the prevalence of smoking and an increase tobacco cessation rates in their population

  • Assessment of the European Union's illicit trade agreements with the four major Transnational Tobacco Companies

    Open AccessLuk Joossens, Anne Gilmore et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2015

    To address the illicit cigarette trade, the European Union (EU) has signed agreements with the four major Transnational Tobacco Companies (TTCs) that involve establishing extensive systems of cooperation. All agreements foresee two types of payments: annual payments (totalling US$ 1.9 billion over 20 years) and supplementary seizure payments, equivalent to 100% of the evaded taxes in the event of seizures of their products. While limited by the f…

  • The transnational tobacco companies’ strategy to promote Codentify, their inadequate tracking and tracing standard

    Open AccessLuk Joossens, Anne Gilmore et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2013

    In 2011 INTERPOL, the world's largest police organisation, accepted a donation from Philip Morris International (PMI) of €15 million,1 ,2 an 8% increase to its total annual budget (€60 million in 2011) for each of the next 3 years.3 Its 2011 budget was €60 million, of which 84% was contributed by member countries. With only 13% of INTERPOL's total income coming from externally funded projects, private foundations and/or commercial enterprises, th…

  • Concern about passive smoking and tobacco control policies in European countries

    Open AccessMarc C Willemsen, Maja Kiselinova et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    Smokers in countries with a higher TCS score were more concerned about whether their smoke harms others. Further, support for tobacco control measures is higher in countries that have more of these concerned smokers. Concerns about passive smoking seem central in the implementation of tobacco control measures, stressing the importance of continuing to educate the public about the harm from passive smoking

  • Illicit cigarettes and hand-rolled tobacco in 18 European countries

    Luk Joossens, Alessandra Lugo et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2012

    This study indicates that IIP is less than 7% in Europe and suggests that the supply of illicit tobacco, rather than its price, is a key factor contributing to tax evasion

  • Blood cigarettes

    Kristof Titeca, Luk Joossens et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2011

    Our research suggests that cigarette smuggling in this region is not primarily the result of different taxation levels in neighbouring states, but rather the outcome of weak state capacity, high levels of corruption and the activities of rebel groups. Under these conditions smuggling cigarettes becomes an attractive option as taxation is so easily avoided. This explains why in the low-income countries in this study there are high levels of smuggl…

  • Prevalence of smuggled and foreign cigarette use in Tehran, 2009

    Open AccessGholamreza Heydari, Saeid Fallah Tafti et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2010

    Use of illegal cigarettes is high. Tobacco control laws outlawing their sale are not being enforced

  • Theoretically an option, but an enforcement nightmare

    Luk JoossensARTICLETobacco Control2009

    Banning smoking could theoretically be an option if an alternative for addictive cigarettes would provide the same pleasure and glamour as cigarettes, if smoking rates are below 5% and if the country’s borders can

  • Progress in combating cigarette smuggling

    Open AccessLuk Joossens, Martin RawARTICLETobacco Control2008

    The evidence strongly suggests that the key to controlling smuggling is controlling the supply chain, and that the supply chain is controlled to a great extent by the tobacco industry

  • The Tobacco Control Scale

    Luk Joossens, Martin RawARTICLETobacco Control2006

    Although the Tobacco Control Scale has limitations, this is the first time such a scale has been developed and applied to so many countries. We hope it will be useful in encouraging countries to strengthen currently weak areas of their tobacco control policy

  • Vietnam

    Luk JoossensARTICLETobacco Control2003

    Internal British American Tobacco (BAT) documents1 have been explicit about the knowledge of cigarette smuggling into Vietnam. In one document, Vietnam Status Report (12 May 1995), it was stated: “Cigarette imports were banned 6 years ago. Smuggled sales into Vietnam are currently estimated at approximately 7 bn [billion] p.a. although prior to a crackdown in 1990 (when all smuggling was virtually eliminated for 18 months) it was in the region of…

  • World

    Luk JoossensARTICLETobacco Control2003

    On the same day that Formula One (F1) strategies to undermine tobacco control legislation were discussed at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Helsinki, news agencies reported that the Canadian Grand Prix was to be dropped from the 2004 calendar. F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone insisted that tobacco advertising was the sole reason for the decision. “Our problem is quite simple. The Formula One teams with tobacco-related sponsorship lose part …

  • The big disappointment

    Luk JoossensARTICLETobacco Control2000

    This poster for the US women's soccer team highlights the fact that all the players are non-smokers, regularly

  • Cigarette smuggling in Europe

    Luk Joossens, Martin RawARTICLETobacco Control1998

    Cigarette smuggling, now on the increase, is so widespread and well organised that it poses a serious threat to public health. This threat comes from two principal directions. First, smuggling makes cigarettes available cheaply, thereby increasing consumption. A third of annual global exports go to the contraband market, representing an enormous impact on consumption, and thus causing an increase in the burden of disease, especially in poorer cou…

  • Tobacco promotion in Central and Eastern Europe

    Luk Joossens, C HowieARTICLETobacco Control1992

  • Steps towards a tobacco advertising ban in the European Community

    C Naett, Luk JoossensARTICLETobacco Control1992

  • Socioeconomic and country variations in cross-border cigarette purchasing as tobacco tax avoidance strategy. Findings from the ITC Europe Surveys

    Gera E Nagelhout, Bas Van Den Putte et al.

    Cross-border cigarette purchasing is more common in European regions bordering countries with lower cigarette prices and is more often reported by smokers with higher education and income. Increasing taxes in countries with lower cigarette prices, and reducing the number of cigarettes that can be legally imported across borders could help to avoid cross-border purchasing