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		For the WHO, the treaty is to be a force to encourage governments to enact national policies and legislation for tobacco control.
		The tobacco companies are of course not idly waiting for an outcome of the negotiating process, and are working at multiple levels to undermine any treaty measures that would counteract their profitability.
		Tobacco control does not go forward on its own impetus; the FCTC will be the first step of a marathon race that will need to be run.
	www.iuatld.org /pdf/en/divisions/backgroundinformation_fctc.doc (396 words)

	Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - Tobacco Law Center - William Mitchell College of Law
		Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - Tobacco Law Center - William Mitchell College of Law
		The world’s first public health treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is designed to reduce the devastating health and economic impacts of tobacco by providing the basic tools for countries to enact comprehensive tobacco control legislation.
		Tobacco Law Center Director, Doug Blanke, monitored the negotiations toward the Framework Convention at the request of the American Lung Association.
	www.wmitchell.edu /TobaccoLaw/FCTC.html (139 words)

	INB5 New Chair's text of a framework convention on tobacco control
		"Tobacco control" means a range of supply, demand and harm reduction strategies, as well as standard-setting, that aim to improve the health of a population by eliminating or reducing their consumption of and exposure to tobacco in all its forms.
		While recognizing that tobacco control and trade measures can be implemented in a mutually supportive manner, Parties agree that tobacco control measures shall be transparent, implemented in accordance with their existing international obligations, and shall not constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination in international trade.
		The importance of identifying appropriate modalities to aid the economic transition of tobacco growers, workers and individual sellers who may be displaced as a future consequence of successful tobacco control programmes, particularly in developing country Parties, as well as Parties with transitional economies, should be recognized and addressed.
	nosmoking.ws /importantdocuments/inb5draft.htm (3077 words)

	Tobacco Free Initiative - Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The FCTC discusses the importance of financial assistance to aid the economic transition of tobacco growers and farmers that may be displaced as a future consequence of successful tobacco-control programmes.
		The framework convention approach allows Member States to proceed with the process of crafting this piece of international legislation in incremental stages.
		There are several guiding principles of the Convention that encompass both national and transnational measures making it clear that tobacco is an important contributor to the inequity in health in all societies.
	www.afro.who.int /textonly/tfi/fctc.html (843 words)

	ASIL Insights: WHO Tobacco Convention
		WHO had long been involved in tobacco control efforts, such as encouraging the adoption of national laws and regulations for tobacco control; [6] but the framework convention proposal was the first time the WHO contemplated using international law and its international legal powers to deal with the global public health problems caused by tobacco consumption.
		The FCTC is a "framework convention" that establishes the framework for an ongoing diplomatic process to reduce the global public health threat posed by tobacco consumption.
		States parties are required to provide financial resources in respect of their national activities under the Convention and to promote the utilization of various channels to provide funding for tobacco control efforts of developing-country states parties and states parties with economies in transition (Article 26).
	www.asil.org /insights/insigh100.htm (1691 words)

	Govt okays convention on tobacco control - Guardian Newspaper, Nigeria (11 March,2004)
		Eyitayo Lambo, who briefed State House correspondents after the FEC meeting, stated that signing the new framework is a way of stating Nigeria's determination to curtail the effects of smoking.
		Let me just emphasise again that the convention framework is an international attempt to deal with this tobacco problem.
		Tobacco is one of the causes of non-communicable diseases like hypertension, cancer and such diseases that are related to pregnancy."
	www.essentialaction.org /tobacco/event/wafr04/guardian3.htm (506 words)

	Landmark UN tobacco-control treaty reaches ratification goal to become law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires treaty parties to restrict tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion, set new labelling and clean indoor air controls, and strengthen laws clamping down on tobacco smuggling in the war on the world’s leading cause of preventable deaths.
		Tobacco users are also less productive while they are alive due to increased sickness.
		A 1994 report estimated that the use of tobacco resulted in an annual global net loss of $200 billion, a third of this loss being in developing countries.
	www.un.org /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=12685&Cr=tobacco&Cr1= (441 words)

	AGREEMENT REACHED ON GLOBAL FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL - MedicalNewsService.com
		The text requires signatory parties to implement comprehensive tobacco control programmes and strategies at the national, regional and local levels.
		Liability - Parties to the convention are encouraged to pursue legislative action to hold the tobacco industry liable for costs related to tobacco use.
		While there have been nearly 20 World Health Assembly resolutions to support tobacco control since 1970, the difference with this treaty is that these obligations will become legally binding for Parties to the convention once it comes into force.
	www.medicalnewsservice.com /ARCHIVE/MNS1564.cfm (835 words)

	ACOEM Comments - World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		ACOEM is concerned with the devastating health, social, and economic effects that tobacco has on individuals and communities and recognizes that international cooperation is essential to control this global problem.
		Control of adult asthma is more difficult, and morbidity greater, in adult patients with asthma who are exposed to ETS at home or at work.
		Opponents of workplace tobacco control policies spread the notion, often effectively, that workplace tobacco control advocates seek to outlaw smoking, including smoking in the privacy of the home.
	www.acoem.org /gov/archive/WHO.htm (3429 words)

	Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
		The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) which came into force on 27 February 2005 is an international legal instrument (Treaty) designed to address the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption worldwide.
		The objective of the FCTC is to protect present and future generations from the health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke.
		Australia is a member of the Western Pacific Region of the WHO and one of the world’s leading nations in reducing the harm caused by tobacco use.
	www.health.gov.au /internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/phd-tobacco-fctc.htm (401 words)

	Sign and Ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
		Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of premature death and disease in the world today.
		In response to this burgeoning global epidemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated the first-ever international treaty on tobacco control, known as the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
		The treaty will ban tobacco advertising and sponsorship, ban misleading terms such as "light" and "low tar" and require governments to adopt and implement measures to protect people from secondhand smoke.
	lungaction.org /lungusa/alert-description.html?alert_id=2004531 (389 words)

	WHO \| WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)
		The success of the WHO FCTC as a tool for public health will depend on the energy and political commitment that we devote to implementing it in countries in the coming years.
		The history of the WHO FCTC - WHA Resolutions on tobacco control
		Frequently asked questions on the WHO FCTC and the context in which it was negotiated
	www.who.int /tobacco/framework/en (151 words)

	Framework Convention on Tobacco Control goes into force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The FCTC, which comes into force on February 27, is designed to protect present and future generations from the health, social, environmental and economic consequences of consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke by strengthening tobacco control initiatives around the world.
		The Strategy includes a combination of tobacco control efforts in protection, prevention and cessation and harm reduction initiatives, including mass media campaign support for the Strategy's objectives.
		Tobacco use is the world's leading cause of preventable illness, disability, and premature death.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=20445 (307 words)

	Submit testimony to DHHS re: Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
		Remember that the tobacco industry and its front groups will also be submitting testimony, so it is important that as many groups and individuals as possible submit testimony favoring a strong FCTC.
		Therefore it is important that the FCTC not enshrine poorly-designed regulatory measures or subordinate the protection of public health to the commercial interests of the tobacco industry.
		The Administration's positions would facilitate the tobacco industry's assault on the developing world, rather than empowering countries to protect the health of their citizens.
	www.essentialaction.org /tobacco/letter/us0209_2.html (639 words)

	Framework Convention Alliance for Tobacco Control
		Tobacco also takes an enormous toll in health care costs, lost productivity, and of course the intangible costs of the pain and suffering inflicted upon smokers, passive smokers and their families.
		In May 2003, the member countries of the World Health Organization adopted an historic tobacco control treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which has the potential to reduce this terrible toll.
		The Framework Convention Alliance is made up of more than 250 organizations representing over 90 countries around the world.
	www.fctc.org (216 words)

	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Deadline Approaches
		A country becomes a contracting party to the WHO FCTC 90 days after the deposit of a valid instrument of ratification or equivalent at the UN headquarters in New York.
		Another 105 countries are eligible to become parties to the Treaty.() Notes to editors: The WHO* FCTC has provisions that set international standards on tobacco price and tax increases, tobacco advertising and sponsorship, labelling, illicit trade and second-hand tobacco smoke among others.
		For further information, please contact: Marta Seoane, Communications Officer, Tobacco Free Initiative, WHO Geneva Tel: +41-22-791-2489 Mobile: +41-79-475-5551 Email: seoanem@who.int All WHO News Releases, Fact Sheets and Features as well as other information on this subject can be obtained on Internet on the WHO home page: http://www.who.int.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-14-2005/0004169110&EDATE= (434 words)

	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Deadline Approaches
		The World Health Organization (WHO) calls upon all countries not yet parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) to act swiftly.
		Otherwise they will not be able to participate as full Parties in the governing body for the WHO FCTC, the Conference of the Parties (COP), when it meets for the first time early next year.
		The COP is the supreme body of the Convention, which will oversee the implementation of the WHO FCTC.
	www.tobacco.org /news/207912.html (182 words)

	BRAZIL TO DEPOSIT 100TH RATIFICATION OF WHO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL ON 3 NOVEMBER
		The Convention seeks to protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke by providing a framework for tobacco control measures.
		The Convention’s provisions set international standards on tobacco price and tax increases, tobacco advertising and sponsorship, labelling, illicit trade and second-hand tobacco smoke, among others. The treaty also sets forth a requirement to cooperate with other Parties on scientific research and technical assistance.
		The final text of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was approved on 1 March 2003.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2005/lt4393.doc.htm (311 words)

	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control enters into force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		On 27 February, The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control enters into force, becoming binding international law for its first 40 Contracting Parties.
		The WHO FCTC is the first global public health treaty created under the auspices of WHO designed to save millions of lives now lost to tobacco.
		These include: comprehensive tobacco advertising bans, price and tax increases, health warning labels on tobacco products and measures to protect people from second-hand tobacco smoke, among other tobacco control strategies.
	www.news-medical.net /?id=7913 (254 words)

	Global Initiatives: Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
		The treaty represents the first coordinated global effort to reduce tobacco use, which is the world’s leading preventable cause of death.
		The objective 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.” This legally binding treaty gives nations powerful new tools to protect the health of their citizens from the tobacco industry’s deceptions and slick marketing.
		Given new impetus to efforts to enact or strengthen national legislation and action to control the harm caused by tobacco.
	tobaccofreekids.org /campaign/global/framework (542 words)

	SCARCNet alert on Framework Convention for Tobacco Control
		In one of the most important developments in years for tobacco control advocates worldwide, the World Health Assembly unanimously backed a resolution on May 24 asking the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) to move forward with the International Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
		The FCTC will be the world's first tobacco control convention/treaty, and has the potential to have an historical impact on global tobacco control and public health.
		It is worth taking some time to become familiar with the Framework Convention because the FCTC provides advocates and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) another avenue to push for strong national tobacco control measures.
	www.ritobaccocontrolnet.com /whofctc.html (325 words)

	Delegates Support Corporate Accountability Measures In Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		INFACT and other members of the Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT) have been encouraging government delegates in Geneva this week to require tobacco corporations to disclose their lobbying activities and political contributions, and to keep the tobacco transnationals out of public health policy.
		WHO should be mandated to continue monitoring misconduct of the tobacco industry.” Canada echoed this perspective during negotiations this week, saying “Good policy is public policy openly arrived at in an open, transparent, informed process,” urging “accountability for all actors involved.”
		The draft elements of the treaty being discussed do not yet adequately protect it form tobacco industry subversion and interference-measures which are essential to the ultimate success of the FCTC and its protocols,” Mulvey concludes.
	www.infact.org /102000wh.html (504 words)

	Government moves to ratify Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
		Statistics from the WHO indicate that tobacco use results in the death of one person every six seconds.
		Minister Greaves says the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Bill contain measures that addresses tobacco use, cross border issues like tobacco taxation, advertising restrictions and the control of second hand smoke.
		The Society says several of the cancer cases diagnosed on the island like cancer of the bladder, kidney, pancreas, liver, stomach and mouth are associated with smoking and tobacco use.
	www.stlucia.gov.lc /pr2005/november/government_moves_to_ratify_framework_convention_on_tobacco_control.htm (307 words)

	IHSP: Making Smoking History: Implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
		Participants are encouraged to bring their own country material and resources related to Tobacco Control.
		He is the former director of Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Tobacco Control Program, one of the largest campaigns to curb tobacco use in the world.
		He is recognized as a national expert on smoking and health and has served as an advisor to the World Health Organization on tobacco and health issues.
	www.hsph.harvard.edu /ihsg/course_tobacco.html (659 words)

	ACS :: Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
		The World Health Organization’s landmark tobacco control treaty recognizes the severity of the tobacco epidemic and the need for both immediate and long-term action.
		The ratification, implementation, and enforcement of this international treaty will be the dominant tobacco control issue worldwide in the coming years.
		ACS has been, and will continue to be, a strong supporter of the FCTC process, which involves such activities as support of and participation in the Framework Convention Alliance, policy and data analysis, and strategic support for countries/regions where the FCTC can make the greatest impact.
	www.cancer.org /docroot/AA/content/AA_2_5_5x_Framework_Convention_on_Tobacco_Control.asp?sitearea=su (232 words)

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