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American Journal of Public Health, 10.2105/AJPH.2003.025908

Commentary Forum

Origins of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Ruth Roemer 1, Allyn Taylor 2*, Jean Lariviere 3

1 UCLA School of Public Health, Dept. of Health Services
2 University of Maryland, School of Law
3 Health Canada

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ataylor{at}law.umaryland.edu.


  Abstract

On the historic occasion of the adoption by the World Health Assembly of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, it seems fitting to review the origin of the framework convention-protocol approach to curbing the tobacco epidemic under WHO auspices. This account details the first discussion of this idea, subsequent promotion of the idea with WHO and APHA, action by the 9th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, and key documents leading WHO's undertaking the development of an international instrument. The roles of the principal actors in urging an international mechanism to control the tobacco epidemic are described and their success in overcoming opposition. Included is a summary of the contents of the Framework Convention.

Key Words: Tobacco Control, Tobacco




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