the comprehensive model of evaluation of framework convention tobacco control (fctc) in iran

introduction: the framework convention tobacco control (fctc) is designed by world health organization (who), in response to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic, in 2003. all treaty signatories including iran adopted to perform it during 3 years. this study was performed to design a model for evaluation of the implementation of this treaty in iran. methods: this study was a qualitative study which was held in 2008. we have interviewed with 265 policy makers, stakeholders and community members. after extracting first and second level codes and changing them to the third level codes, main concepts obtained. results: totally 72 third level codes collected. the main concepts classified in 12 total groups as well. then by considering these groups the evaluation model was designed. conclusion: regarding the obtained concepts and model, in iran, treaty evaluation should perform in various levels and considering all the objectives.