WHO Framework Convention

CHAPTER SIGNATORIES AND PARTIES TO WHO FCTC

As of January 22, 2009

22 on Tobacco Control
ICELAND

SWEDEN FINLAND Signatories to FCTC

NORWAY Not signed or ratified
ESTONIA
(cutoff June 29, 2004)
Parties to FCTC as of
y Location of Conference
LATVIA
Salus populi suprema lex esto. (Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.) UNITED
KINGDOM
DENMARK
LITHUANIA

NETHERLANDS RUSSIAN FED. January 22, 2009 of Parties (COP) by year

—Cicero (106–43 BCE) IRELAND
POLAND
BELARUS

GERMANY

T
BELGIUM

y LUX. CZECH REP. UKRAINE

Geneva
he FCTC came into effect on February 27, 2005,
SLOVAKIA
AUSTRIA RUSSIAN
COP 2006 SWITZ.
HUNGARY
REP.
MOLDOVA
FEDERATION
and to date 162 of 192 World Health Organization CANADA FRANCE
SLOVENIA
CROATIA ROMANIA
SAN MARINO Bosnia and
member states have become parties to the Convention, Herzegovina
SERBIA
BULGARIA
MONACO ITALY
making it one of the most rapidly embraced international PORTUGAL
ANDORRA
MONTENEGRO
ALBANIA
FYR MACEDONIA
MARSHALL
SPAIN
treaties of all time. The Conference of Parties’ secretariat has GREECE
KAZAKHSTAN FED. STATES
ISLANDS

OF MICRONESIA
been established and meets annually to develop protocols and MONGOLIA
NAURU
guidelines for implementation. GEORGIA
UZBEKISTAN
KYRGYZSTAN
KIRIBATI
DPR
The treaty helps legislators realize that the tide of tobacco UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TURKEY
AZERBAIJAN
TURKMENISTAN TAJIKISTAN KOREA SOLOMON
ARMENIA ISLANDS
control is global and inevitable, good for both the wealth and MALTA CYPRUS
SYRIAN
ARAB
REP.
KOREA
JAPAN
TUVALU
TUNISIA AFGHANISTAN CHINA
health of nations. Not surprisingly, the tobacco industry was MOROCCO
LEBANON IRAQ
REP.
ISRAEL JORDAN
ISL. REP.
OF IRAN
against a strong, legally binding FCTC, and sought voluntary LIBYAN PALESTINIAN PAKISTAN
NEPAL
BHUTAN
VANUATU SAMOA
ALGERIA ARAB KUWAIT
agreements and self-regulating market mechanisms, which are
AUTHORITY
Bahamas JAMAHIRIYA EGYPT BAHRAIN FIJI COOK
Mexico
essentially ineffective. Cuba Haiti
QATAR UAE
INDIA NIUE ISLANDS

SAUDI HONG KONG

The tobacco industry need not fear the FCTC, as between Jamaica
Dominican Rep. CAPE
VERDE
MAURITANIA ARABIA OMAN
BANGLADESH
MYANMAR
LAO
PDR
TONGA

MALI
2010 and 2025 the number of smokers worldwide is predicted Belize
Honduras St. Kitts
Antigua and Barbuda
Dominica SENEGAL
NIGER
CHAD ERITREA THAILAND VIETNAM
Guatemala and Nevis ST. Vincent and SUDAN YEMEN
to rise from 1.4 billion to 1.7 billion, due mainly to population El Salvador Nicaragua St. Lucia Grenadines GAMBIA
BURKINA PHILIPPINES

y
CAMBODIA
Grenada Barbados GUINEA FASO DJIBOUTI Bangkok
increases, even as smoking prevalence rates decline. Health Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago
BISSAU GUINEA
NIGERIA SOMALIA COP 2007
Venezuela SIERRA CÔTE
economists predict that the FCTC will not harm national econ- Panama Guyana
LEONE
LIBERIA
D’IVOIRE CENTRAL
AFRICAN REP.
ETHIOPIA SRI LANKA
BRUNEI PALAU
omies, even of tobacco-growing nations, because the FCTC Colombia
Suriname GHANA
TOGO
BENIN CAMEROON
MALDIVES
DAR.
MALAYSIA
UGANDA
deals primarily with demand reduction strategies, except for
EQUATORIAL GUINEA

GABON KENYA SINGAPORE

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE DEM. REP.
Ecuador RWANDA
the control of smuggling. The treaty has mobilized resources, CONGO OF CONGO BURUNDI

rallied hundreds of non-governmental organizations (NGO), Peru

UNITED REPUBLIC
OF TANZANIA
PAPUA
SEYCHELLES INDONESIA NEW GUINEA
encouraged government action, led to the political maturation Brazil
MALAWI
TIMOR-LESTE
COMOROS
of health ministries, and raised tobacco control awareness in ANGOLA
ZAMBIA
other government ministries and departments. Bolivia MOZAMBIQUE
The first protocol will be on illicit trade, and guidelines have ZIMBABWE MADAGASCAR
NAMIBIA
been adopted to protect public health policies from the interfer- Chile
Paraguay
BOTSWANA MAURITIUS
AUSTRALIA
ence of the tobacco industry (Article 5.3); to ensure that truth
SWAZILAND
about tobacco use be properly reflected in packaging and labeling
y Durban NEW ZEALAND
S. AFRICA
of tobacco products, using picture-health warnings (Article 11); LESOTHO
COP 2008
Uruguay
and to ban advertising, promotion, and sponsorship of tobacco
Argentina
products nationally and across borders (Article 13).

What will the tobacco industry do? Initial Treaty Protocols and Guidelines
Main provisions of the WHO FCTC Propagate the myth that the FCTC will harm the economy Article Topic (under negotiation)
Regulation of: Article 8 — Smoke-free areas: 15 Illicit trade 1st Protocol

Contents, packaging, and labeling of tobacco products Argue for voluntary agreements 5.3 Protection of public health policies from tobacco industry Guideline
Sales to and by minors Argue that smoke-free areas will harm the restaurant business interference
Illicit trade in tobacco products
Promote so-called accommodation policies 8 Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke Guideline
Smoking at work and public places
“We nee
Argue that smoke-free public places will lead to more smoking
d to mo in the home 9 Regulation of the contents of tobacco products Guideline
the adv ve away Reduction in consumer demand by:
ersarial from
WHO.” approac
h of the Price and tax measures 10 Regulation of tobacco product disclosures Guideline
Article 13 — Bans on promotion:
Comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising, promotion,
and sponsorship Seek to portray advertising as a consumer choice 11 Packaging and labeling of tobacco products Guideline
—Martin Education, training, raising public awareness, and Argue advertising has no influence on demand, only consumer
Broughto 12 Education, communication, training, and public awareness Guideline
n, CEO, assistance with quitting preference
BAT, 20 13 Tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship Guideline
03 Exaggerate economic impact on advertisers, media, etc.
Protection of the environment and
health of tobacco workers: Frame argument around “freedom of speech” Demand reduction measures concerning tobacco
14 Guideline
Support for economically viable alternative activities Promote voluntary restrictions dependence and cessation
Research, surveillance, and exchange of information Seek partial restrictions Financial resources and assistance to developing countries Under
Support for legislative action to deal with liability 26 and countries with economies in transition
Employ sophisticated strategies to circumvent laws discussion
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