WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: development of an evidence based global public health treaty

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: development of an evidence based global public health treaty.

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WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: a global "good" for public health.

Although the application of legal instruments to international health issues — relative to other areas of international concern — is still at a rudimentary stage of development, the transnational health impacts of globalization provide a rationale for the codification and implementation of global norms to deal with shared problems. The experience of promulgating international agreements in othe...

EVIDENCE BASED PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY AND PRACTICE Health treaty dilution: a case study of Japan’s influence on the language of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Background: The Japanese government is an important shareholder in the Japanese tobacco industry. Negotiations to develop the WHO’s historic Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) were based on consensus, resulting in countries needing to agree to the lowest acceptable common denominator in clause development. Objective: To illustrate Japan’s role in negotiating key optional language in...

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Health treaty dilution: a case study of Japan's influence on the language of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

BACKGROUND The Japanese government is an important shareholder in the Japanese tobacco industry. Negotiations to develop the WHO's historic Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) were based on consensus, resulting in countries needing to agree to the lowest acceptable common denominator in clause development. OBJECTIVE To illustrate Japan's role in negotiating key optional language in...