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Supporting Pacific Island Countries to Strengthen Their Resistance to Tobacco Industry Interference in Tobacco Control: A Case Study of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

  • Judith McCool,
  • Jeanie McKenzie,
  • Annabel Lyman and
  • Matthew Allen
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2013, 10(8), 3424-3434;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10083424

6 August 2013

Tobacco use is the biggest single preventable cause of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Western Pacific region. Currently, 14 Pacific Island countries have ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and, in having done so,...

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Implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Africa: Current Status of Legislation

  • Jacqueline Tumwine
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2011, 8(11), 4312-4331;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8114312

17 November 2011

Objective: To describe, as of July 2011, the status of tobacco control legislation in Africa in three key areas of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)—(1) Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke, (2) Packaging and labelling of tobacc...

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Compliance with the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Slovakia and in Finland: Two Different Worlds

  • Barbara Pavlikova,
  • Lenka Freel and
  • Jitse P. van Dijk
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2020, 17(18), 6661;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186661

13 September 2020

The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) developed by the State Parties to the World Health Organization was ratified in Slovakia in 2004 and in Finland in 2005. The aim of this study was to explore and compare compliance with the FCTC in F...

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Organizational and Financial Analysis of Polish Tobacco Control Program in 2000–2018

  • Łukasz Balwicki,
  • Anna Tyrańska-Fobke,
  • Małgorzata Balwicka-Szczyrba,
  • Marlena Robakowska and
  • Michal Stoklosa
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2020, 17(7), 2532;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072532

7 April 2020

In accordance with the provisions of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), each country shall promote and strengthen public awareness of tobacco control issues (Article 12). Many parties to the FCTC have adopted national tobacco con...

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Adopting a WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control-Based Tobacco Control Law in Ethiopia: Sustained Transnational Health Advocacy and Multi-Sectoral Institutionalized Support

  • Eric Crosbie,
  • Kyle Edison,
  • Vandyke Maclean,
  • Dereje Moges,
  • Caroline Fuss,
  • Monique E. Muggli,
  • Bintou Camara Bityeki and
  • Ernesto M. Sebrié
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2024, 21(3), 280;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030280

28 February 2024

Objective: The objective of this study was to document how Ethiopia adopted a WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)-based tobacco control law. Methods: We analyzed publicly available documents, including news media articles, advocacy rep...

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Global Health Governance: Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the Doha Declaration, and Democratisation

  • Belinda Townsend,
  • Erik Martin,
  • Hans Löfgren and
  • Evelyne De Leeuw
Adm. Sci.2012, 2(2), 186-202;https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci2020186

29 May 2012

Global public health agreements are heralded as a success for the affirmation of the right to health within a complex and contested political landscape. However, the practical implementation of such agreements at the national level is often overlooke...

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Air Pollution inside Vehicles: Making a Bad Situation Worse

  • Naowarut Charoenca,
  • Stephen L. Hamann,
  • Nipapun Kungskulniti,
  • Nopchanok Sangchai,
  • Ratchayaporn Osot,
  • Vijj Kasemsup,
  • Suwanna Ruangkanchanasetr and
  • Passara Jongkhajornpong
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2023, 20(21), 6970;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20216970

25 October 2023

Thailand has successfully forwarded Article 8, Protection from Exposure to Tobacco Smoke, of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). It achieved its 100% smoke-free goals in public places in 2010, nex...

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The Association between Warning Label Requirements and Cigarette Smoking Prevalence by Education-Findings from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)

  • Ce Shang,
  • Jidong Huang,
  • Kai-Wen Cheng,
  • Yanyun He and
  • Frank J. Chaloupka
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2017, 14(1), 98;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14010098

21 January 2017

Introduction: The Guidelines for the implementation of Article 11 of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) require that cigarette health warning labels should include pictures and take up 50% or more of th...

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