ArticleJournal of public health policy2014
The global tobacco control 'endgame': change the policy environment to implement the FCTC.
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- Towards Tobacco-Free Generation: implementation of preventive tobacco policies in the Nordic countries.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2023Review
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- The Lebanese Regie state-owned tobacco monopoly: lessons to inform monopoly-focused endgame strategies.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Tobacco and E-Cigarettes Point of Sale Advertising-Assessing Compliance with Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship Bans in Poland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Who calls the shots in tobacco control policy? Policy monopolies of pro and anti-tobacco interest groups across six European countries.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Impact of the WHO FCTC on tobacco control: perspectives from stakeholders in 12 countries.Tobacco control · 2019Article
- Improving the implementation of tobacco control policies in low-and middle-income countries: a proposed framework.BMJ global health · 2019Article
- FCTC followed by accelerated implementation of tobacco advertising bans.Tobacco control · 2017Article
- Age of smoking initiation among adolescents in Africa.International journal of public health · 2017Article
- Global tobacco prevention and control in relation to a cardiovascular health promotion and disease prevention framework: A narrative review.Preventive medicine · 2016Review
- The tobacco endgame: a qualitative review and synthesis.Tobacco control · 2016Review
- Implementation science in cancer prevention and control: a framework for research and programs in low- and middle-income countries.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2014Review
- A decade after introducing MPOWER, trend analysis of implementation of the WHO FCTC in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest SocietyArticle
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Abstract
The World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) has prompted major change in tobacco control globally. However, policy implementation has been uneven, making 'smoke free' outcomes possible in some countries, but not others. We identify the factors that would improve implementation. We describe an ideal type of 'comprehensive tobacco control regimes', where policy environments are conducive to the implementation of tobacco control measures designed to eradicate tobacco use. The ideal type requires that a country have certain policy processes: the department of health takes the policy lead; tobacco is 'framed' as a public health problem; public health groups are consulted at the expense of tobacco interests; socioeconomic conditions are conducive to policy change; and, the scientific evidence is 'set in stone' within governments. No country will meet all these criteria in the short term, and the gap between the ideal type and the current state is wide in many countries. However, the WHO experience provides a model for progress.
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