Has A Global Tobacco Treaty Made A Difference?

Has a Global Tobacco Treaty Made a Difference?

Can international law protect global health from a man-made menace? The World Health Organization (WHO) certainly thought so in adopting the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC), which entered into force on February 27, 2005. Supporters hailed the FCTC as a critical tool for international tobacco control and as a bold new model for using international law on other global-health problems.

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