Global health, equity and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: development of an evidence based global public health treaty.

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The WHO International Conference on Global Tobacco Control Law: Towards a WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: a global "good" for public health.

Although the application of legal instruments to international health issues — relative to other areas of international concern — is still at a rudimentary stage of development, the transnational health impacts of globalization provide a rationale for the codification and implementation of global norms to deal with shared problems. The experience of promulgating international agreements in othe...

Origins of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control originated in 1993 with a decision by Ruth Roemer and Allyn Taylor to apply to tobacco control Taylor's idea that the WHO should utilize its constitutional authority to develop international conventions to advance global health. In 1995, Taylor and Ruth Roemer proposed various options to WHO, recommending the framework ...