Call to Action: Promoting Domestic and Global Tobacco Control by Ratifying the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the United States
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1 Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America, 2 Global Health Policy Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America, 3 Joint Masters Program on Health Policy and Law, University of California, San Diego-California Western School of Law, San Diego, California, United States of America, 4 Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America, 5 Action on Smoking and Health, Washington, DC, United States of America, 6 The Framework Convention Alliance for Tobacco Control, Washington, DC, United States of America
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