Download or read book Human Rights and Tobacco Control written by Marie E. Gispen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large-scale adverse health and developmental outcomes related to tobacco affect millions of people across the world, raising serious questions from a human rights perspective. In response to this crisis, this timely book provides a comprehensive analysis of the promotion and enforcement of human rights protection in tobacco control law and policy at international, regional, and domestic levels.
Download or read book INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Rights and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control written by Oscar A. Cabrera and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article explores the connection between human rights and tobacco control, and in particular, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). We address rights-based arguments used by the tobacco industry to argue against tobacco regulation. We demonstrate the weakness of these arguments, and that tobacco control and human rights are, in fact, not in conflict, but are mutually reinforcing. We also offer counter-arguments in favour of tobacco regulation based on international human rights obligations. Moreover, we argue that international human rights law and human rights bodies can provide tobacco control advocates with avenues for international monitoring and enforceability, which are lacking in the FCTC.
Download or read book WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2013 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the guidelines adopted by the Conference of the Parties. These seven guidelines cover a wide range of provisions of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, such as: the protection of public health policies with respect to tobacco control from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry; protection from exposure to tobacco smoke; packaging and labelling of tobacco products; and tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship; and demand reduction measures concerning tobacco dependence and cessation. These guidelines are intended to help Parties to meet their obligations under the respective provisions of the Convention. They reflect the consolidated views of Parties on different aspects of implementation, their experiences and achievements, and the challenges faced. The guidelines also aim to reflect and promote best practices and standards that governments would benefit from in the treaty-implementation process.
Download or read book Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Its Implementation and Human Rights Perspectives written by Dr. Asif Khan and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was adopted in order to curb the menace of tobacco collectively. Tobacco in any form is hazardous to health; importantly it is a legal commodity which poses a threat to “Right to Life” of individuals. The article analyses the threats posed by tobacco to human life. FCTC is the only treaty ratified by world community in the field of health. The main body of the convention is analysed and possible recommendations are made for the better implementation. The human rights aspects of tobacco control are also put forward. This article emphasises on the fact that the human rights forum might be helpful in curtailing the threat posed by tobacco to human life.
Download or read book The Global Tobacco Epidemic and the Law written by Andrew D. Mitchell and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tobacco use represents a critical global health challenge. The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco kills nearly 6 million people a year, with the toll expected to rise to 8 million annually over the next two decades. Written by health and
Download or read book The Global War on Tobacco written by Heather Wipfli and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at public health professionals and students, The Global War on Tobacco is a fascinating look at how international relations is changing to respond to the modern global marketplace and protect human health.
Download or read book WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Guidelines for Implementation of Article 5 3 Article 8 Article 11 and Article 13 written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2009-11-25 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the first set of guidelines adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its Second (2207) and Third (2008) sessions. These four guidelines cover a wide range of provisions of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, such as: the protection of public health policies with respect to tobacco control from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry; protection from exposure to tobacco smoke; packaging and labelling of tobacco products; and tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. These guidelines are intended to help Parties to meet their obligations under the respective provisions of the Convention. They reflect the consolidated views of Parties on different aspects of implementation, their experiences and achievements, and the challenges faced. The guidelines also aim to reflect and promote best practices and standards that governments would benefit from in the treaty-implementation process.
Download or read book Tobacco Control Legislation written by D. Douglas Blanke and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2004 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On title page: Tools for advancing tobacco control in the 21st century.
Download or read book Weaponising Evidence written by Margherita Melillo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-02 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weaponising Evidence provides the first analysis of the history of the international law on tobacco control. By relying on a vast set of empirical sources, it analyses the negotiation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and the tobacco control disputes lodged before the WTO and international investment tribunals (Philip Morris v Uruguay and Australia - Plain Packaging). The investigation focuses on two main threads: the instrumental use of international law in the warlike confrontation between the tobacco control advocates and the tobacco industry, and the use of evidence as a weapon in the conflict. The book unveils important lessons on the functioning of international organizations, the role of corporate actors and civil society organizations, and the importance and limits of science in law-making and litigation.
Download or read book How to Reconcile Health Law and Economic Law with Human Rights Administration of Justice in Tobacco Control Disputes written by Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tobacco companies and tobacco exporting members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have initiated an increasing number of disputes in national, regional and worldwide jurisdictions and investor-state arbitrations challenging the legal consistency of tobacco control measures - such as Australia's 'Tobacco Plain Packaging' legislation and regulations - with international trade, investment and intellectual property law. The defendant countries and non-governmental organizations tend to justify tobacco-control measures by invoking public health provisions in international economic law (IEL), domestic constitutional laws, public health legislation, human rights law and the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ratified by 177 UN member states. This article begins by asking how the fragmented systems of multilevel health, economic and human rights law and governance should be interpreted and coordinated in order to promote their mutual legal coherence. It then explores how multilevel courts should 'administer justice' in tobacco control disputes with due regard to their diverse national and international jurisdictions, applicable laws and methods of legal interpretation. The article concludes that multilevel judicial administration of justice in tobacco control disputes requires judicial cooperation in applying 'constitutional methodologies' (e.g. regarding 'balancing' of competing rights, proportionality of restrictions, reasonable judicial justifications promoting 'public reason'), mutually 'consistent interpretations' (e.g. based on the 'integration principle' limiting legal 'fragmentation') and 'judicial comity' (e.g. regarding rule of law, respecting 'margins of appreciation', protecting 'access to justice') so as to avoid incoherent judgments. The main lesson from the more than 2500 years of legal and political experiences - e.g. since the ancient Constitution of Athens (500 BC) - with collective protection of 'public goods' (res publica) demanded by citizens remains the need for limiting abuses of power through multilevel 'republican constitutionalism' providing for legal, judicial and democratic accountability mechanisms.
Download or read book History of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If there is one lesson to be learned from the history of the WHO FCTC's early days, it is that the determinants of its success in tobacco control were the leadership, commitment, political will, integrity, vision and courage of the people, organizations and governments entrusted by their countries to turn the framework convention into reality. The WHO FCTC represents a future that is being created by committed men and women who believe that all people deserve a healthy, tobacco-free world. These men and women have the vision and the courage to tackle a global health challenge with a powerful, innovative and radical experiment in global public health, one that has literally changed the rules of tobacco control. This report recounts the story of the Framework Convention up to the beginning of 2010. Most of the information came from the individuals who kindly responded to a questionnaire and shared personal testimonies about this remarkable addition to the contemporary history of public health.
Download or read book A Missing Voice written by Brigit Toebes and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this commentary, we flag the importance of taking a child-rights approach in the context of tobacco control, which is thus far unprecedented. This text was written in response to the Seventh Conference of States Parties of WHOs Framework Convention on Tobacco Control held in India from 7 to 12 November 2016. While the links between tobacco control and human rights were emphasised at this conference, a child-rights approach was missing. We argue that this novel angle provides important legal tools to protect the health and well-being of children. Because children are seen as 'replacement smokers' by the tobacco industry, protecting children in this context is key to haltering the devastating effects of tobacco use and exposure worldwide.
Download or read book WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Guidelines for implementation of article 5 3 article 8 article 11 and article 13 written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2009-12-15 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Regulating Tobacco Alcohol and Unhealthy Foods written by Tania Voon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need to reduce disability and premature deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasingly engaging international organisations and national and sub-national governments. In this book, experts from a range of backgrounds provide insights into the legal implications of regulating tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy foods, all of which are risk factors for NCDs. As individual countries and the international community move to increase targeting of these risk factors, affected industries are turning to national and international law to challenge the resulting regulations. This book explores how the effective regulation of tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy foods can be achieved within the context of international health law, international trade and investment law, international human rights law, international intellectual property law, and domestic laws on constitutional and other matters. Its contributors consider the various tensions that arise in regulating NCD risk factors, as well as offering an original analysis of the relationship between evidence and health regulation. Covering a range of geographical areas, including the Americas, the European Union, Africa and Oceania, the book offers lessons for health and policy practitioners and scholars in navigating the complex legal fields in which the regulation of tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy foods takes place.
Download or read book Tobacco Control Policy written by Kenneth E. Warner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-10-13 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Required reading for anyone wishing to be conversant with tobacco control policy, the book is edited by Kenneth E. Warner—dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan and a leading tobacco policy researcher—who leads with an overview of the field. Warner’s overview is supported by reprints of some of the field’s most significant articles, written by leading scholars and practitioners. The topics discussed are: Taxation and Price Clean Indoor Air Laws Advertising, Ad Bans, and Counteradvertising Possession, Use, and Purchase (PUP) Laws and Sales to Minors Cessation Policy Comprehensive State Laws
Download or read book The Tobacco Atlas written by Judith Mackay and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2002 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research in the past five years suggests a bleak picture of the health dangers of smoking, with tobacco the biggest single killer of all forms of pollution. It is estimated that one person dies every ten seconds due to smoking-related diseases. This publication considers the history and current position regarding tobacco use, as well as providing some predictions for the future of the tobacco epidemic upto the year 2050. It contains a number of full-colour world maps and graphics to illustrate the variations between countries and regions. Issues discussed include: tobacco prevalence and consumption; youth smoking; the economics of tobacco farming and manufacturing; smuggling; the tobacco industry, promotion, profits and trade; smokers' rights; legislative action such as smoke-free areas, tobacco advertising bans and health warnings.
