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<p>Policy scenario of successful US ratification.</p
<p>Policy scenario of US failure to ratify.</p
co Control (FCTC) is the only interna-tionally binding public health treaty ever adopted under th... more co Control (FCTC) is the only interna-tionally binding public health treaty ever adopted under the World Health Organi-zation’s (WHO) constitution. Although an FCTC signatory, the US joins Cuba, Argentina, and a handful of other coun-tries as one of the few signatories yet to ratify the treaty [1,2]. With 176 ratifying countries and the European Union, FCTC has demonstrated global acceptance and progress on efforts to combat tobacco use in an effort to reduce the eight million tobacco-related deaths projected to occur annually by 2030 [3–5]. Within this landmark global health governance initia-tive are a number of mechanisms focused on both demand and supply reduction in response to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic. This focus includes demand-reduction provisions such as price/tax measures, as well as education and public awareness; protection from tobacco exposure; and, importantly, evidence-based regulation of tobacco contents, product disclosures, tobacco advertising and...
Sustainable Dev. L. & Pol'y, 2008
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2020
The World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2021 theme and yearlong global campaign ‘Commit to Quit’ provides... more The World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2021 theme and yearlong global campaign ‘Commit to Quit’ provides a welcome focus on providing essential support to tobacco users to become tobacco free and begin the path to better health. It is particularly pertinent for smokers for whom the COVID-19 pandemic has been a motivator to quit, and to support those struggling with additional social and economic stressors imposed by the pandemic. The emphasis on providing social support through digital communities is timely while many people continue to cope with, and recover from, the trauma of enforced and prolonged social isolation. However, in promoting this vital component of tobacco control, the focus on individual behaviour change must not obscure the fact that governments in almost every country give the tobacco industry exceptional treatment, by allowing continued sale of their lethal products. As tobacco use is a health, social, economic and human rights issue, the benefits of successful cessatio...
Journal of Adolescent Health
Tobacco control, Nov 1, 2017
PLoS Medicine, 2014
The United States is one of the few signatories that has not ratified the landmark World Health O... more The United States is one of the few signatories that has not ratified the landmark World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) public health treaty despite the passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Control Act (FSPCA) that complies with the treaty.
<p>Policy scenario of successful US ratification.</p
<p>Policy scenario of US failure to ratify.</p
co Control (FCTC) is the only interna-tionally binding public health treaty ever adopted under th... more co Control (FCTC) is the only interna-tionally binding public health treaty ever adopted under the World Health Organi-zation’s (WHO) constitution. Although an FCTC signatory, the US joins Cuba, Argentina, and a handful of other coun-tries as one of the few signatories yet to ratify the treaty [1,2]. With 176 ratifying countries and the European Union, FCTC has demonstrated global acceptance and progress on efforts to combat tobacco use in an effort to reduce the eight million tobacco-related deaths projected to occur annually by 2030 [3–5]. Within this landmark global health governance initia-tive are a number of mechanisms focused on both demand and supply reduction in response to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic. This focus includes demand-reduction provisions such as price/tax measures, as well as education and public awareness; protection from tobacco exposure; and, importantly, evidence-based regulation of tobacco contents, product disclosures, tobacco advertising and...
Sustainable Dev. L. & Pol'y, 2008
Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2020
The World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2021 theme and yearlong global campaign ‘Commit to Quit’ provides... more The World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2021 theme and yearlong global campaign ‘Commit to Quit’ provides a welcome focus on providing essential support to tobacco users to become tobacco free and begin the path to better health. It is particularly pertinent for smokers for whom the COVID-19 pandemic has been a motivator to quit, and to support those struggling with additional social and economic stressors imposed by the pandemic. The emphasis on providing social support through digital communities is timely while many people continue to cope with, and recover from, the trauma of enforced and prolonged social isolation. However, in promoting this vital component of tobacco control, the focus on individual behaviour change must not obscure the fact that governments in almost every country give the tobacco industry exceptional treatment, by allowing continued sale of their lethal products. As tobacco use is a health, social, economic and human rights issue, the benefits of successful cessatio...
Journal of Adolescent Health
Tobacco control, Nov 1, 2017
PLoS Medicine, 2014
The United States is one of the few signatories that has not ratified the landmark World Health O... more The United States is one of the few signatories that has not ratified the landmark World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) public health treaty despite the passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Control Act (FSPCA) that complies with the treaty.