Although China's National People's Congress announced its decision to ratify the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) on Sunday, August 28, 2005, fundamental challenges to tobacco control still exist. A survey at the "No Smoking Day" on May 31, 2004 in China showed that over 73% of respondents do not think that human society will be able to get rid of the consumption of tobacco ...

Tobacco is responsible for the death of 6 million people every year globally, of whom 700 000 are in Europe. Effective policies for tobacco control exist; however, the status of their implementation varies across the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region. In order to tackle the tobacco epidemic, action has been taken though the implementation of both legally binding and non-legally bi...

a University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada. Correspondence to Geoffrey T Fong (e-mail: [email protected]). Cigarette packages in most countries carry a health warning; however, the position, size and general strength of these warnings vary considerably across jurisdictions.1 Article 11 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and the Ar...

The Framework Convention Alliance welcomes the Secretariat’s report on financial resources and mechanisms of assistance, and urges the COP to adopt a decision: Reaffirming the importance of mechanisms of assistance and financial resources for implementation of the Convention; Calling on Parties to provide extra-budgetary contributions for the implementation assistance activities approved in the...

BACKGROUND Tobacco control needs in India are large and complex. Evaluation of outcomes to date has been limited. AIM To review the extent of tobacco control measures, and the outcomes of associated trialled interventions, in India. METHODS Information was identified via database searches, journal hand-searches, reference and citation searching, and contact with experts. Studies of any popu...

OBJECTIVE To measure the implementation of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 5.3 at country level using a new Tobacco Industry Interference Index and to report initial results using this index in seven Southeast Asian countries. METHODS Score sheet based on WHO FCTC Article 5.3 Guidelines sent to correspondents in seven Southeast Asian countries, using a scoring syste...