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WHO FCTC as a Pioneering and Learning Instrument: Comment on "The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?"

The World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is a unique global health instrument, since it is in the health field the only instrument that is international law. After the 10 years of its existence an Independent Expert Group assessed the impact of the FCTC usin...

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Autor principal: Puska, Pekka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5745870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29325405
http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2017.63
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description The World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is a unique global health instrument, since it is in the health field the only instrument that is international law. After the 10 years of its existence an Independent Expert Group assessed the impact of the FCTC using all available data and visiting a number of countries interviewing different stakeholders. It is quite clear that the Treaty has acted as a strong catalyst and framework for national actions and that remarkable progress in global tobacco control can be seen. At the same time FCTC has moved tobacco control in countries from a pure health issue to a legal responsibility of the whole government, and on the international level created stronger interagency collaboration. The assessment also showed the many challenges. The spread of tobacco use, as well as of other risk lifestyles, is related to globalization. FCTC is a pioneering example of global action to counteract the negative social consequences of globalization. A convention is not an easy instrument, but the FCTC has undoubtedly sparked thinking and development of other stronger public health instruments and of needed governance structures.
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spelling pubmed-57458702018-01-05 WHO FCTC as a Pioneering and Learning Instrument: Comment on "The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?" Puska, Pekka Int J Health Policy Manag Commentary The World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is a unique global health instrument, since it is in the health field the only instrument that is international law. After the 10 years of its existence an Independent Expert Group assessed the impact of the FCTC using all available data and visiting a number of countries interviewing different stakeholders. It is quite clear that the Treaty has acted as a strong catalyst and framework for national actions and that remarkable progress in global tobacco control can be seen. At the same time FCTC has moved tobacco control in countries from a pure health issue to a legal responsibility of the whole government, and on the international level created stronger interagency collaboration. The assessment also showed the many challenges. The spread of tobacco use, as well as of other risk lifestyles, is related to globalization. FCTC is a pioneering example of global action to counteract the negative social consequences of globalization. A convention is not an easy instrument, but the FCTC has undoubtedly sparked thinking and development of other stronger public health instruments and of needed governance structures. Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2017-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5745870/ /pubmed/29325405 http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2017.63 Text en © 2018 The Author(s); Published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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WHO FCTC as a Pioneering and Learning Instrument: Comment on "The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?"
title WHO FCTC as a Pioneering and Learning Instrument: Comment on "The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?"
title_full WHO FCTC as a Pioneering and Learning Instrument: Comment on "The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?"
title_fullStr WHO FCTC as a Pioneering and Learning Instrument: Comment on "The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?"
title_full_unstemmed WHO FCTC as a Pioneering and Learning Instrument: Comment on "The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?"
title_short WHO FCTC as a Pioneering and Learning Instrument: Comment on "The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?"
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