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Towards a smoke-free world? South America became the first 100% smoke-free subregion in the Americas

Almost 20 years after the launching by the Pan American Health Organization of its “Smoke-Free Americas” initiative in 2001, in December 2020, South America became the first subregion in the Americas to accomplish 100% smoke-free environments in line with Article 8 of the World Health Organization F...

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Autores principales: Severini, Gianella, Sandoval, Rosa Carolina, Sóñora, Gustavo, Sosa, Patricia, Gutkowski, Patricia, Severini, Luciana, Valdivia, Víctor, Sebrié, Ernesto M.
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Publicado: Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9534353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211249
http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.103
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author Severini, Gianella
Sandoval, Rosa Carolina
Sóñora, Gustavo
Sosa, Patricia
Gutkowski, Patricia
Severini, Luciana
Valdivia, Víctor
Sebrié, Ernesto M.
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Sandoval, Rosa Carolina
Sóñora, Gustavo
Sosa, Patricia
Gutkowski, Patricia
Severini, Luciana
Valdivia, Víctor
Sebrié, Ernesto M.
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description Almost 20 years after the launching by the Pan American Health Organization of its “Smoke-Free Americas” initiative in 2001, in December 2020, South America became the first subregion in the Americas to accomplish 100% smoke-free environments in line with Article 8 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Some of these countries adopted legal measures that are more robust than others, including in their laws specific outdoor places in the smoking ban (like Argentina and Uruguay) and/or novel nicotine and tobacco products under their scope (like Ecuador and Paraguay). The 10 countries took different paths to adopt this public health measure, either through executive or legislative measures or a combination of both. A few countries, like Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela, started at the subnational level and then moved on to the national level, similar to the rest of the countries. For achieving this milestone, an adequate context was crucial: the broad ratification of the FCTC and the relevance given to the human right to health, civil society efforts, commitments made by intergovernmental bodies, media and communication strategies, and the development of scientific evidence. Countries faced obstacles, including the well-known interference of the tobacco industry, which among other strategies used litigation; however, courts and judges upheld comprehensive legal measures on smoke-free environments. The process by which South America achieved this milestone represents a role model for other subregions of the Americas and the world.
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spelling pubmed-95343532022-10-07 Towards a smoke-free world? South America became the first 100% smoke-free subregion in the Americas Severini, Gianella Sandoval, Rosa Carolina Sóñora, Gustavo Sosa, Patricia Gutkowski, Patricia Severini, Luciana Valdivia, Víctor Sebrié, Ernesto M. Rev Panam Salud Publica Special Report Almost 20 years after the launching by the Pan American Health Organization of its “Smoke-Free Americas” initiative in 2001, in December 2020, South America became the first subregion in the Americas to accomplish 100% smoke-free environments in line with Article 8 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Some of these countries adopted legal measures that are more robust than others, including in their laws specific outdoor places in the smoking ban (like Argentina and Uruguay) and/or novel nicotine and tobacco products under their scope (like Ecuador and Paraguay). The 10 countries took different paths to adopt this public health measure, either through executive or legislative measures or a combination of both. A few countries, like Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela, started at the subnational level and then moved on to the national level, similar to the rest of the countries. For achieving this milestone, an adequate context was crucial: the broad ratification of the FCTC and the relevance given to the human right to health, civil society efforts, commitments made by intergovernmental bodies, media and communication strategies, and the development of scientific evidence. Countries faced obstacles, including the well-known interference of the tobacco industry, which among other strategies used litigation; however, courts and judges upheld comprehensive legal measures on smoke-free environments. The process by which South America achieved this milestone represents a role model for other subregions of the Americas and the world. Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2022-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9534353/ /pubmed/36211249 http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.103 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. No modifications or commercial use of this article are permitted. In any reproduction of this article there should not be any suggestion that PAHO or this article endorse any specific organization or products. The use of the PAHO logo is not permitted. This notice should be preserved along with the article’s original URL. Open access logo and text by PLoS, under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
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Sosa, Patricia
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Severini, Luciana
Valdivia, Víctor
Sebrié, Ernesto M.
Towards a smoke-free world? South America became the first 100% smoke-free subregion in the Americas
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title_full Towards a smoke-free world? South America became the first 100% smoke-free subregion in the Americas
title_fullStr Towards a smoke-free world? South America became the first 100% smoke-free subregion in the Americas
title_full_unstemmed Towards a smoke-free world? South America became the first 100% smoke-free subregion in the Americas
title_short Towards a smoke-free world? South America became the first 100% smoke-free subregion in the Americas
title_sort towards a smoke-free world? south america became the first 100% smoke-free subregion in the americas
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9534353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211249
http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.103
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