... the World Health Assembly requested WHO to initiate the first treaty negotiated under the auspices of WHO in history: the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). In 2005, this Convention entered into force and changed the landscape of public health. Health was no longer the task of national...

... Abstract Legislation has been at the forefront of public health since Victorian times. With the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the WHO established that legislation is the most powerful means of combating the tobacco epidemic. In this chapter, we explore why legislation...

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... Health Organisation (WHO) region where all countries have ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) (see chapter 13) [ 1 ]. Global Deaths Tobacco use in any form is dangerous and is the single greatest preventable cause of death. In 2014, tobacco use killed almost 6 million...

... interests of tobacco companies and the likely repercussions of tobacco industry interference in policy making. This awareness has led to the development of article 5.3 of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which requires parties to the treaty ‘to protect...

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.... However, tobacco issues routinely come before courts and governments need to keep firm against tobacco companies. The case of Uruguay is a paradigm of the continuous fight against tobacco[ 57 ]. The international initiative culminating in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which...

... smoking history worldwide. N Engl J Med 2007;356:1496-1498. 39. Crosbie E, Sebrié EM, Glantz SA: Tobacco industry success in Costa Rica: the importance of FCTC article 5.3. Salud Pública Méx 2012;54:28-38. 40. The Prime Minister of the Vietnam Government. Decision 47/2013/QĐ - TTg...

... Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) are not exclusive to cigarettes [ 33 ], and countries who have ratified the Framework can apply these recommendations to the waterpipe tobacco industry (see chapter 13). However, the literature suggests waterpipe tobacco smoking policies are poorly enforced...

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... of investment, which is left with the health effects and household poverty. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) guidelines contain no provision covering tobacco industry investments, and this is seen by some as a serious omission [ 10 ]. Estimates of Costs of Smoking In their book...

... is the most widely adopted measure, with 1.1 billion people covered [ 48 ]. The WHO and the European Commission (EC) have declared that through Article 8 of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) [ 31 ]and the EC through a Council Recommendation that people have the right to be protected...

... [ 45 ]. The World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) [ 46 ] is an indicator of the widespread support that exists for tobacco control measures. This global tobacco control treaty entered into force in 2005 committing its over 170 Parties to reducing demand and supply...

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... violate Articles 8 and 12 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) since e-cigarettes may result in involuntary exposure of nonsmokers to secondhand smoke and also renormalize tobacco use (see chapter 13). (2) Regulation of Its Marketing and Advertising This also encompasses e...

..., a significant number of youth experimenting with smoking can be attributed to tobacco promotional activities [ 4 ]. Therefore, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) recognized ‘that a comprehensive ban on advertising, promotion and sponsorship would reduce the consumption of tobacco products...

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