Call to Action: Promoting Domestic and Global Tobacco Control by Ratifying the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the United States: e1001639

[...]as we describe in this piece, we believe a renewed effort to ratify FCTC provides the proactive opportunity to strengthen FSPCA regulations against future industry legal claims and to promote US leadership in the fight against the global tobacco epidemic.\n This accomplishes shared domestic and...

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Published in:PLoS medicine 2014-05, Vol.11 (5)
Main Authors: Mackey, Tim K, Liang, Bryan A, Pierce, John P, Huber, Laurent, Bostic, Chris
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Federal regulation
Legislation
Litigation
Tobacco
Tobacco industry
Treaties
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Summary:[...]as we describe in this piece, we believe a renewed effort to ratify FCTC provides the proactive opportunity to strengthen FSPCA regulations against future industry legal claims and to promote US leadership in the fight against the global tobacco epidemic.\n This accomplishes shared domestic and global tobacco control policy goals. [...]successful defense against US-based industry litigation and successful domestic ratification of FCTC could provide support and momentum for low- and middle-income countries seeking to implement their own tobacco control measures limiting marketing/advertising [36].
ISSN:1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001639