THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON

TOBACCO CONTROL: INITIATIVE TO

COMBAT TOBACCO’S DEVASTATING
EFFECTS
HEALTH 10
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• AS PART OF THE WHO’S AIM OF UPLIFTING INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH, THE

AGENCY APPROVED AND RELEASED ITS FIRST GLOBAL HEALTH TREATY. LAST 2005,
WHO ENFORCED THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL (FCTC). THIS
WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE WIDELY ADOPTED TREATY IN THE UN SYSTEM WITH 168
PARTICIPATING PARTIES. AS STATED IN THE TREATY, THE GENERAL AIM OF THE FCTC IS
TO PROTECT PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS FROM THE DEVASTATING HEALTH,
SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF TOBACCO
CONSUMPTION AND EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO SMOKE. THE FCTC PRESENTS A SET OF
STANDARDS, STATES THE HAZARDOUS EFFECTS OF SMOKING AND DELINEATES ITS USE
WORLDWIDE.
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• THE WHO PUBLISHED GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE WHO-FCTC. THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS
GUIDELINES ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES DURING ITS SEVERAL SESSIONS. THERE ARE
SEVEN GUIDELINES CONTAINED IN THE PUBLICATION, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS SIGNIFICANT RANGE OF
PROVISIONS:
• ARTICLE 5.3 – DECLARES THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO TOBACCO CONTROL
FROM COMMERCIAL AND OTHER VESTED INTERESTS OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY.
• ARTICLE 8 – STATES THE PROTECTION FROM EXPOSURES TO TOBACCO SMOKE.
• ARTICLES 9 AND 10 – INCLUDE PROVISIONS ON THE REGULATION OF THE CONTENTS OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND
OF TOBACCO PRODUCT DISCLOSURES.
• ARTICLE 11 – COVERS GUIDELINES ON PACKAGING AND LABELING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
• ARTICLE 12 – STATES THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, AND TRAINING OF PUBLIC AWARENESS
OF TOBACCO CONTROL ISSUES.
• ARTICLE 13 – COVERS TOBACCO ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, AND SPONSORSHIP.
• ARTICLE 14 – PRESENTS DEMAND REDUCTION MEASURES CONCERNING TOBACCO DEPENDENCE AND CESSATION.
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• THE TOBACCO EPIDEMIC, ACCORDING TO WHO, IMPOSES AN IMMENSE THREAT

TO PUBLIC HEALTH; THUS, THE FCTC WAS FORMED AND ALTER AMENDED.
BECAUSE WHO STATED A GLOBAL IMPACT OF SMOKING, THE FCTC
IMPLEMENTATION ALSO REQUIRES THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FROM
DIFFERENT INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES AND INTENSIVE ENDEAVOR EXERTED BY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AS WELL AS THE DISCIPLINE AMONG
CITIZENS OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES.