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Implementation of tobacco control measures in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, 2008–2020

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was developed to assist nations in reducing the demand and supply of tobacco.
Sarah S. Monshi, Jennifer Ibrahim
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Smokeless tobacco control in India: policy review and lessons for high-burden countries

BMJ Global Health, 2020
We examined the magnitude of smokeless tobacco (SLT) use in India and identified policy gaps to ascertain the priorities for SLT control in India and other high SLT burden countries in the Southeast Asia region.
Prashant Kumar Singh, Ravi Mehrotra, Prakash C Gupta, Shalini Singh, Amit Yadav, Suneela Garg, Nisha Yadav, Ravi Kaushik, Kumar Chandan, Anshika Chandra, Dhirendra N Sinha   +10 more
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The WHO FCTC and global governance: effects and implications for future global public health instruments. [PDF]

Tob Control, 2019
IntroductionThis article analyses experience with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in the context of global governance. It examines ways in which the WHO FCTC has been addressed by international institutions, particularly within the UN system at the international and national levels.
McInerney TF.
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Policies regulating retail environment to reduce tobacco availability: A scoping review

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundIn 2005, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) entered into force. This treaty was developed in response to the global tobacco epidemic, and it includes measures to reduce both demand for and supply of
Raouf Alebshehy, Raouf Alebshehy, Zara Asif, Melanie Boeckmann   +3 more
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Stakeholder’s Assessment of the Awareness and Effectiveness of Smoke-free Law in Thailand [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018
Background This study reports stakeholders’ ratings, and perceived gaps in World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 8 implementation in Thailand viewed against WHO’s Guidelines for Article 8 and to inform ...
Nipapun Kungskulniti, Siriwan Pitayarangsarit, Stephen Hamann   +2 more
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Impact assessment of the WHO FCTC over its first decade: methodology of the expert group. [PDF]

Tob Control, 2019
BackgroundAt its sixth meeting (Moscow, November 2014), the Conference of the Parties (COP) adopted decision FCTC/COP6(13) that called for an impact assessment to ‘examine the impact of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) on the implementation of tobacco control measures and on the effectiveness of its implementation’ after its first
Fong GT, Chung-Hall J, Craig L, WHO FCTC Impact Assessment Expert Group.   +3 more
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Tobacco regulations and policies in the Eurasian Economic Union

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2017
Introduction To promote WHO FCTC compliance to tobacco regulations and policies of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and it's Member States (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation) for public health benefit.
Andrei Konstantinovich Demin
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Tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship ban adoption: A pilot study of the reporting challenges faced by low- and middle-income countries

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2023
Introduction The WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) Secretariat has identified issues with Article 13 (Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship) Party policy progress reporting, whilst some researchers remain skeptical of the ...
Arsenios Tselengidis, Sarah Dance, Sally Adams, Becky Freeman, Jo Cranwell   +4 more
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FCTC ratification, smoking prevalence, and GDP per capita: lessons for Indonesia and the rest of the world

Globalization and Health, 2022
Background Indonesia’s stagnated progress towards tobacco control could be addressed through the implementation of a comprehensive national framework, such as the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC).
Abdillah Ahsan, Rifai Afin, Nadira Amalia, Martha Hindriyani, Ardhini Risfa Jacinda, Elisabeth Kramer   +5 more
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The framework convention on tobacco control: The politics of global health governance

, 2002
This paper analyses the particular challenges that tobacco control poses for health governance in an era of accelerating globalisation. Traditionally, health systems have been structured at the national level, and health regulation has focused on the ...
Collin, Jeff, Lee, Kelley, Bissell, Karen   +2 more
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