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| C-Store | abbreviation for Convenience Store |
| CAMH | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health |
| CAMH Monitor | since 1995, annual cross-sectional random telephone survey of Ontario adults aged 18 and over concerning alcohol, tobacco and other substances currently conducted by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)Reference: Ialomiteanu A, Adlaf EM. CAMH Monitor 2007: Technical Guide. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, 2008. Available at: http://www.camh.net/Research/camh_monitor.html; accessed Feb. 6, 2009. |
| CAN-ADAPTT | Canadian Action Network for the Advancement, Dissemination and Adoption of Practice-Informed Tobacco Treatment |
| Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) | federal body in Canada responsible for controlling imports through ports of entry (land, marine, air) as well as targeting and investigating tobacco contraband shipments and monitoring the impact of changes in taxation of tobacco products on illegal international movement of tobaccohttp://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/menu-eng.html |
| Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) | tax agency that oversees federal taxation of tobacco products and regulates activities involving the manufacture, sale and possession of tobacco products in Canada http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/menu-e.html |
| Canadian Action Network for the Advancement, Dissemination and Adoption of Practice-Informed Tobacco Treatment (CAN-ADAPTT) | a national practice-based research network committed to knowledge exchange among those who are in a position to facilitate smoking cessation, e.g., practitioners and healthcare providers http://www.can-adaptt.net |
| Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) | a national community-based organization whose mission is the eradication of cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life of people living with cancer http://www.cancer.ca/canada-wide.aspx |
| Canadian Coalition for Action on Tobacco (CCAT) | an Ottawa-based non-profit non-governmental umbrella group of several health agencies that work together to reduce the consequences of tobacco use, e.g., Canadian Cancer Society (CCS), Canadian Council for Tobacco Control (CCTC), Canadian Dental Association, Canadian Lung Association, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Non-Smokers’ Rights Association (NSRA), Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada (PSC) |
| Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) | since 2000, cross-sectional nationwide survey of persons aged 12 and over that collects information on health status, healthcare utilization and health determinants, conducted by Statistics CanadaAvailable at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/concepts/health-sante/index-eng.htm; accessed Feb. 9, 2009. |
| Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) | 1999 Canadian federal legislation that lists substances considered to be toxic or carcinogenic, including some found in tobacco smoke, e.g., benzene and formaldehydeAvailable at: http://www.ec.gc.ca/CEPARegistry/the_act; accessed Feb. 19, 2009. |
| Canadian Global Tobacco Control Forum (CGTCF) | since 2003, collaboration of leading Canadian tobacco control organizations and Canadian organizations that support international public health to implement the recommendations of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Canada and abroad http://www.healthbridge.ca/tobacco_strengthening_e.cfm |
| Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) | from 2007 to 2009, a national Canadian survey that measures the physical health status of Canadians based on a representative sample of about 5000 Canadians aged 6 to 79 years, conducted by Statistics Canada in partnership with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?lang=eng&catno=82-003-S2007000 |
| Canadian Lung Association | a Canadian organization with national and provincial sites, which assists, educates and empowers persons living with or caring for others with lung disease http://www.lung.ca/ |
| Canadian Partnership against Cancer (CPAC) | an independent organization funded by the federal government to accelerate action on cancer control across Canada http://www.partnershipagainstcancer.ca |
| Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (CTCRI) | a partnership of several Canadian organizations supporting tobacco control research, which began in the late 1990s and in 2009 announced its intention to disband http://www.ctcri.ca/ |
| Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers’ Council (CTMC) | main lobby group for the tobacco industry in Canada |
| Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) | since 1999, semi-annual cross-sectional nationwide tobacco-specific random telephone survey of persons aged 15 and over conducted by Statistics Canada for Health CanadaAvailable at: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/tobac-tabac/research-recherche/stat/index-eng.php; accessed Oct. 5, 2009. |
| Cancer | general term for more than 200 diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control, invading and destroying healthy nearby tissues and spreading to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems (see also Lung Cancer) |
| Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) | provincial agency responsible for continually improving cancer services in Ontario http://www.cancercare.on.ca/ |
| Cancer Risk | likelihood or degree of likelihood that cancer will result from a condition or behaviour, e.g., smoking |
| Cancer Stick | slang for cigarette |
| Candy Cigarette | confection designed to look like a cigarette and sold to children, currently illegal in Nunavut |
| Cannabis | the psychoactive ingredient in Marijuana |
| Capacity | resources of individuals, organizational structures and broader systems, including levels of commitment needed for effective work within a comprehensive tobacco control strategy |
| Capacity Building | the creation of optimal conditions for success in tobacco control at the individual, program, agency or system level, involving the development of sustainable skills, organizational structures, resources and commitment with a view to prolonging and multiplying health gains |
| Carbon Monoxide | colourless, odourless toxic gas that occurs as a result of burning tobacco, which reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood and causes health problems, e.g., respiratory and cardiac malfunction, depression of the central nervous system, diarrhea, dizziness, headaches, vomiting, convulsions and delay of fetal development |
| Carcinogen | something that causes cancer, e.g., in tobacco smoke, any of 40 known chemicals including benzene, formaldehyde and tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNA) (see also Toxin) |
| Carcinogenesis | the process by which cancer is produced, involving several stages, e.g., initiation, promotion and progression Last JM (ed.). A Dictionary of Epidemiology, Oxford University Press, New York, 2001. |
| Carcinogenic | cancer-causing |
| Carcinoma | the most common type of cancer consisting of a malignant tumour that may develop in skin cells or cells lining the lung, intestine, bladder, breast, uterus, kidney and prostate (see also Lung Cancer) |
| Cardiovascular Disease | diseases of the heart and blood vessels, e.g., coronary heart disease (CHD), known to be associated with the use of tobacco products |
| Carrier | synonym for Vector |
| Carton of Cigarettes | in Canada, a package legally containing 200 cigarettes consisting of 10 individual packs of 20 cigarettes each or 8 individual packs of 25 cigarettes each, with a retail price at the time of writing ranging from $70.23 (Quebec) to $93.08 (Newfoundland) (see also Taxation of Tobacco Products)Available at: http://www.cctc.ca/cctc/EN/tcrc/multimedia/tcmultimedia.2009-02-23.4875501052; accessed Mar. 2, 2009. |
| Case-Control Study | a retrospective study design in which people who already have a certain condition are compared with people who do not |
| CATI | Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview, a standard technique for conducting population surveys |
| CAWG | Community Action Working Group, the provincial operational planning group for the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy |
| CBSA | Canada Border Services Agency |
| CCAT | Canadian Coalition for Action on Tobacco |
| CCHS | Canadian Community Health Survey |
| CCO | Cancer Care Ontario |
| CCS | Canadian Cancer Society |
| CCSA | (1) Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (2) Canadian Convenience Stores Association (see also Convenience Store )(1) http://www.ccsa.ca/ |
| CCTC | Canadian Council for Tobacco Control http://www.cctc.ca/ |
| CDC | (U.S.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ |
| CDPAC | Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada http://www.cdpac.ca/ |
| CDPHPB | (Ontario) Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Branch http://www.mhp.gov.on.ca/ |
| CDS | Cigarette Dependence Scale |
| Cellulose Acetate | a white, odorless, tasteless, nontoxic air-permeable solid used for making cigarette filters |
| Central Nervous System (CNS) | the brain and spinal cord (see also Carbon Monoxide, Depressant, Stimulant) |
| Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) | addictions and mental health centre and teaching hospital created in 1998 as a result of the merger between the former Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario (ARF), the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, the Queen Street Mental Health Centre and the Donwood Institute (see also CAMH Monitor, Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS), Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU)) http://www.camh.net/ |
| CEPA | Canadian Environmental Protection Act |
| Cessation | (1) synonym for quitting smoking or attempting to quit smoking; (2) a goal area under the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy that encourages smokers to quit smoking or attempt to quit smoking(1) Reference: Norman CD, Maley O, Li X, Skinner HA. Using the internet to assist smoking prevention and cessation in schools: a randomized controlled trial. Health Psychology 2008;27(6):799-810. |
| Cessation Attempt | synonym for Quit Attempt |
| CGTCF | Canadian Global Tobacco Control Forum |
| Chain Smoker | non-technical term for a current smoker who smokes cigarettes continually often by lighting each from the previous one |
| Champix | brand name in Canada of Varenicline |
| Chantix | brand name in the United States of Varenicline |
| CHD | Coronary Heart Disease |
| Cheroot | a cigar with both ends open |
| Chew | addictive and carcinogenic leaf form of smokeless tobacco that comes in three types (loose, plug or twist), which is consumed by holding in the mouth between cheek and gum |
| Chewing Tobacco | synonym for Chew |
| Chi Square | a statistical test for determining whether two variables have distributions that are independent of one another |
| Chipper | colloquial term for an occasional or weekend tobacco smoker (or heroin user) |
| CHMS | Canadian Health Measures Survey |
| Chronic Bronchitis | permanent swelling of the airways that carry air to the lungs, which is usually caused by tobacco smoke and is part of the breathing disorder called Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)Reference: Canadian Lung Association. Diseases A-Z. Canadian Lung Association, Ottawa, 2008. Available at: http://www.lung.ca/diseases-maladies/a-z_e.php; accessed Mar 11, 2009. |
| Chronic Disease | an illness marked by long duration or frequent recurrenceReference: Last JM (ed.). A Dictionary of Epidemiology, Oxford University Press, New York, 2001. |
| Chronic Lung Disease | synonym for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | degenerative and incurable lung disease usually caused by smoking, which is characterized by obstruction of air flow causing shortness of breath and includes both chronic bronchitis and emphysemaReference: Canadian Lung Association. Diseases A-Z. Canadian Lung Association, Ottawa, 2008. Available at: http://www.lung.ca/diseases-maladies/a-z_e.php; accessed Mar 11, 2009. |
| CHSRF | Canadian Health Services Research Foundation http://www.chsrf.ca/ |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| Cigar | cylindrical roll of leaf tobacco for smoking closed at one end, more than 12 mm in diameter, with a filler composed of pieces of natural or reconstituted leaf tobacco and a wrapper of natural or reconstituted leaf tobacco (cf. Cigarillo) |
| Cigarette | slender roll of cut tobacco enclosed in paper and meant to be smoked, accounting for more than 90% of all tobacco products sold in Ontario |
| Cigarette Butt | see Butt |
| Cigarette Dependence Scale | a self-administered questionnaire designed to measure dependence on cigarettes, which is available in versions of 12 or 5 items, covering recognized facets of dependence, e.g., compulsion, withdrawal symptoms and loss of control (see also Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence and Heaviness of Smoking Index)Reference: Etter JF, Le Houezec J, Perneger TV. A self-administered questionnaire to measure dependence on cigarettes: the cigarette dependence scale. Neuropsychopharmacology 2003;28(2):359-370. |
| Cigarette Pack/Package/Packet | synonyms for Pack of Cigarettes |
| Cigarette Ventilation | see Ventilation |
| Cigarettes Per Day (CPD) | synonym for Amount Smoked Daily |
| Cigarillo | basically a small cigar, i.e., a cylindrical roll of leaf tobacco for smoking closed at one end, 12 mm or less in diameter, with a (sometimes flavoured) filler composed of pieces of natural or reconstituted leaf tobacco and a wrapper of natural or reconstituted leaf tobacco |
| CIHI | Canadian Institute for Health Information http://www.cihi.ca/ |
| CIHR | Canadian Institutes of Health Research http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html |
| Clean Indoor Air Laws | protection from secondhand smoke by means of legislation prohibiting smoking in specified enclosed spaces |
| CMA | Canadian Medical Association http://www.cma.ca/ |
| CMHA | Canadian Mental Health Association http://www.cmha.ca/ |
| CMOH | Chief Medical Officer of Health, the senior medical officer of a Canadian province |
| CNO | College of Nurses of Ontario, the self-regulating body for registered nurses and registered practical nurses in Ontario http://www.cno.org/ |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| CO | Carbon Monoxide |
| Coefficient of Variation (CV) | a statistic used to measure the precision and thus the quality of a population estimate based on a sample |
| Coffin Nail | slang for cigarette |
| Cohort | a group of individuals in a study who share demographic, clinical or other characteristics in common, e.g., a cohort of students |
| Cohort Study | longitudinal study design in which individuals are followed over time and their later health outcomes compared according to whether or not they have received the exposure of interest (e.g., exposure to secondhand smoke) |
| COLD | Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, synonym for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
| Cold Turkey | a term borrowed from the field of heroin addiction, referring to a an abrupt attempt to quit smoking completely, usually without clinical support |
| Combustion | the interaction of tobacco with oxygen to produce (flameless) heat and (glowing) light |
| Commencement Date | synonym for Implementation Date |
| Commercial Availability | conditions allowing for the legal sale of tobacco products in the wholesale and retail environmentReference: Ferrence R. Learning from tobacco: bans on commercial availability are not unthinkable. Addiction 2003;98:720-721. |
| Communication Channels | in Diffusion of Innovation, the means by which public health and tobacco control messages get from one individual or group to another |
| Communities of Inquiry | groups of tobacco control professionals, e.g., practitioners and academics, who interact in order to promote evidence-based and evidence-informed tobacco control practice, programs and policy |
| Communities of Practice | groups of people who share a passionate concern about tobacco control and want to deepen their knowledge by interacting with each other on a regular basisReference: Wenger E, McDermott R, Snyder W. Cultivating Communities of Practice: a Guide to Knowledge Management. Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 2002. |
| Comorbidity | (1) disease that coexists in a study participant in addition to the condition that is the subject of the study; (2) synonym for Concurrent Disorder Last JM (ed.). A Dictionary of Epidemiology, Oxford University Press, New York, 2001. |
| Compensation | the tendency of a smoker to obtain a similar daily delivery of nicotine regardless of the type of tobacco product consumed, e.g., by adjusting puffing and inhalation rates |
| Compensatory Smoking | synonym for Compensation |
| Complete Ban | emphatic expression for a prohibition that allows no exceptions, e.g., a complete ban on the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies in Ontario (cf. Partial Ban) |
| Compliance | cooperation with a policy or law, particularly the regulations |
| Compliance Check | authorized visit to a tobacco retail outlet that does not have a history of selling tobacco to test shoppers to see whether or not youth access provisions are still being obeyed, with a warning issued in the case of an infraction (cf. Enforcement Check)Reference: Dubray J, Schwartz R, Garcia J, Bondy S, Victor JC. Formative evaluation of the Smoke-Free Ontario Act. Comparison of Baseline and Two Post-SFOA Measurements. Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Toronto, November 2007. Available at: http://www.otru.org/pdf/special/special_nov2_2007.pdf; accessed Feb. 12, 2009. |
| Comprehensive Tobacco Control Strategy | multi-component plan of action addressing several different aspects of the tobacco epidemic simultaneously in order to diminish and eliminate problems caused by tobacco use on a broad scaleReference: Stephens T, Pederson LL, Koval JJ, Macnab J. Comprehensive tobacco control policies and the smoking behaviour of Canadian adults. Tobacco Control 2001;10:317-322. |
| Concurrent Disorder | (1) the presence of both a psychiatric and a substance abuse problem in the same person, e.g., when someone diagnosed with schizophrenia is also addicted to nicotine; (2) the presence of more than one substance abuse problem in the same person, e.g., when an alcoholic is also a current smoker |
| Confidence Interval (CI) | in statistical analysis, the range of values that is known to contain the true value of a variable (e.g., mean, proportion or rate) within a given degree of confidence (usually 95%)Reference: Last JM. A Dictionary of Public Health. Oxford University Press, New York, 2007. |
| Confidence Level | in statistical analysis, a percentage (usually 95%) that reflects the degree of certainty that the true value lies within the confidence interval |
| Confident Limits | the upper and lower boundaries of the confidence interval |
| Consumption | (1) estimated number of tobacco products used by a population in a defined period of time, typically obtained from sales data (see also Per Capita Consumption); (2) amount smoked daily by a person over a defined period of time, typically obtained from survey data |
| Contemplation | in the Transtheoretical Model, a stage in the life of a smoker characterized by thinking about quitting smoking in the next 6 months |
| Contraband | (1) sale of tobacco products without all applicable taxes; (2) sale of tobacco products with evasion of any applicable federal and provincial statutes, e.g., regarding importation, stamping, marking, manufacturing, distributing, and payment of duties and taxes (see also Counterfeit Cigarettes, Smuggling, Untaxed Cigarettes)(1) Reference: Luk R, Cohen JE, Ferrence R. Contraband cigarettes in Ontario. Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, Special Report Series. Toronto, November 2007. Available at: http://www.otru.org/pdf/special/special_nov_2007.pdf; accessed Feb. 10, 2009. (2) Reference: Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Contraband Tobacco Enforcement Strategy. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, Ottawa, 2008. Catalogue No. PS61-11/2007; ISBN 978-0-662-05403-0. Available at: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ce-da/tobacco-tabac-strat-2008-eng.htm; accessed Feb. 26, 2009. |
| Contraband Tobacco Enforcement Strategy | since 2008, enforcement strategy of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to deal with the problem of contraband tobacco in CanadaReference: Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Contraband Tobacco Enforcement Strategy. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, Ottawa, 2008. Catalogue No. PS61-11/2007; ISBN 978-0-662-05403-0. Available at: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ce-da/tobacco-tabac-strat-2008-eng.htm; accessed Feb. 26, 2009. |
| Control Group | study participants with whom comparison is made in a case-control study |
| Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate (CSTD) | part of the Healthy Environments and Consumer and Safety Branch within Health Canada, which champions the Government of Canada’s Federal Tobacco Control Strategy (FTCS) and supports a tobacco policy unit within the Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, a Litigation Support Division and an Office of Tobacco Regulations and ComplianceSee section 3.1.1.5 of Canada’s 2010 report to the FCTC, available at: http://www.who.int/fctc/reporting/Canadareport.pdf |
| Convenience Model | a system of retail sales that maximizes opportunities for buying tobacco products by saturating the retail environment with stores that sell tobacco products |
| Convenience Store | well-located food-oriented retailer that is open long hours and carries a moderate number of items, usually including cigarettes, the number of such stores in Ontario estimated in 2005 at roughly 8,400, and the number of such stores in Canada estimated in 2005 at roughly 25,000Reference: Non-Smokers’ Rights Association/Smoking and Health Action Foundation. The Influence of Tobacco Powerwall Advertising on Children. J. Gottheil Marketing Communications Inc., Richmond Hill, ON, 2005. Available at: http://www.nsra-adnf.ca/cms/file/pdf/Tobacco_Powerwalls.pdf; accessed Feb. 11, 2009. |
| Conventional Cigarette | synonym for Manufactured Cigarette |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| Corner Store | synonym for Convenience Store |
| Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) | synonym for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) |
| Coronary Heart Disease | a common and potentially fatal type of heart disease in which plaque builds up in the arteries that supply blood to the heart preventing the heart from getting enough blood, for which tobacco smoke is a major risk factorAvailable at: http://www.heartandstroke.on.ca; accessed Feb. 11, 2009. |
| Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) | good corporate citizenship, whereby corporations take responsibility for the impact of their actions on customers, employees, shareholders, the community and the environment, going beyond mere legal requirements, to improve the lives of employees, families and communities |
| Cost-Effectiveness | the relationship between the cost of a tobacco control intervention and its measurable benefits, usually expressed in monetary terms as cost per unit of outcome achieved, e.g., cost per quit success |
| Cost Study | analytical estimate of the financial burden imposed on society as a result of problems caused by a situation, condition or behaviour, e.g., tobacco use Reference: Rehm J, Baliunas D, Brochu S, Fischer B, Gnam W, Patra J, Popova S, Sarnocinska-Hart A, Taylor B. The costs of substance abuse in Canada 2002. ISBN number 1-897321-10-4. Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, Ottawa, 2006. Executive summary available at: http://www.ccsa.ca/2006%20CCSA%20Documents/ccsa-bckgrd-20060426-e.pdf; accessed Feb. 23, 2009. |
| Cotinine | a pharmacologically active metabolite of nicotine that is measured in blood and urine as a biomarker of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke and thirdhand smoke |
| Counter-Advertising | synonym for Counter-Marketing |
| Counter-Marketing | action, intervention or campaign designed to oppose, diminish or eliminate the harmful effects of tobacco promotion |
| Counterfeit Cigarettes | cigarettes that are illegally manufactured by a usually unknown source and falsely labeled with a recognized brand name to create the appearance of legalityReference: Stephens WE, Calder A. Source and health implications of high toxic metal concentrations in illicit tobacco products. Environmental Science & Technology 2005;39(2):479-488. |
| Countermeasure | action, intervention or campaign designed to oppose, diminish or eliminate the use of tobacco products |
| Countertop Display | visible presence of cigarette packages or tobacco product accessories on the counter near the cash register of a retail store |
| CPAC | Canadian Partnership against Cancer |
| CPD | Cigarettes Per Day (synonym for Amount Smoked Daily) |
| CPG | Consumer Packaged Goods, a marketing term that includes legal tobacco products |
| CPHA | Canadian Public Health Association http://www.cpha.ca/ |
| CRA | Canada Revenue Agency http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/menu-e.html |
| Cracking Down on Tobacco Marketing Aimed at Youth Act Bill C-32 | Canadian federal legislation, which received Royal Assent and became an Act of Parliament on October 8, 2009, banning tobacco advertising in newspapers and magazines effective immediately, banning the manufacture and import of flavoured tobacco products and the sale of cigarillos in packs of less than 20 effective April 6, 2010, and banning the sale of tobacco products with flavours (except menthol) or specific additives, e.g., caffeine, colouring agents or vitamins, effective July 5, 2010http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Docid=4141530&file=4 |
| Craving | see Nicotine Craving |
| Cross-Sectional Study | study in which the data are collected at the same time or during the same period of time, e.g., Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) |
| Cross-Tabulation | in survey research, a table that shows the frequency and/or percentage of respondents who gave various answers to a question and which simultaneously shows these answers for subgroups of respondents |
| CSC | Correctional Service of Canada http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/ |
| CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility |
| CSTD | see Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate |
| CTCRI | Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative |
| CTI | Clinical Tobacco InterventionAvailable at: http://www.omacti.org/; accessed Oct. 5, 2009. |
| CTMC | Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers’ Council |
| CTUMS | Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey |
| Cues to Action | in the Health Belief Model, factors that activate readiness to change behaviour, e.g., information, instructions and reminders, usually with a positive connotation, e.g., advice from a healthcare professional that leads a smoker to quit smoking |
| Cured Tobacco | see Curing and Flue-Cured Tobacco |
| Curing | the drying process for newly harvested tobacco |
| Current Smoker | someone who currently smokes daily or occasionally, or, in some studies, has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in his or her life and smoked within the last 30 daysReference: Mills C, Stephens T, Wilkins K. Summary report of the workshop on data for monitoring tobacco use. Chronic Diseases in Canada 1994;15(3):105-110. |
| Current Smoking | in survey research, the most comprehensive indicator of the prevalence of smoking, including daily and non-daily smoking of cigarettes (unless pipes or cigars are specified), requiring a lifetime minimum of 100 cigarettesReference: Mills C, Stephens T, Wilkins K. Summary report of the workshop on data for monitoring tobacco use. Chronic Diseases in Canada 1994;15(3):105-110. |
| CV | Coefficient of Variation |
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The OTRU Glossary of Tobacco Control provides brief definitions of over 1,000 tobacco control terms, abbreviations and acronyms. Definitions are based on many sources including dictionaries, legislative texts, websites, reports, books, peer-reviewed journal articles and communications from tobacco control experts. A single definition often reflects material from more than one source.
While we have tried to be comprehensive in producing this resource, the language of tobacco control is constantly evolving and there may be relevant terms that are not listed or terms whose meanings may have changed.
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