Costa Rica’s implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Overcoming decades of industry dominance
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Costa Rica's implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Overcoming decades of industry dominance.
OBJECTIVE To analyze the passage of Costa Rica's 2012 tobacco control law. MATERIALS AND METHODS Review of legislation, newspaper articles, and key informant interviews. RESULTS Tobacco control advocates, in close collaboration with international health groups, recruited national, regional and international experts to testify in the Legislative Assembly, implemented grassroots advocacy camp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Salud Pública de México
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0036-3634
DOI: 10.21149/spm.v58i1.7669