WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: development of an evidence based global public health treaty

Shibuya, Kenji; Ciecierski, Christina; Guindon, G. Emmanuel; Bettcher, Douglas; Evans, David B.; Murray, Christopher J L

doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7407.154

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“…19 Overall, despite very different risk factor distributions, associations between established cardiovascular disease risk factors and disease events appear to operate similarly in Eastern populations to how they operate in Western populations. Consequently, public health interventions aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease that have been demonstrated to work in Western population, including those that prevent tobacco consumption and support quitting in those who already smoke, 20 should be implemented in East Asian populations.…”

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The Association of Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease in a Population With Low Cholesterol Levels

Lawlor

Song²,

Sung³

et al. 2008

Stroke

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Background and Purpose-The association of smoking with cardiovascular diseases in populations with low cholesterol levels is unclear and this lack of clarity may have contributed to the very high prevalence of smoking in East Asian men. The effect of smoking on stroke subtypes is particularly unclear. Methods-We used data from a prospective cohort study of 648 346 Korean men aged 30 to 64 years at their baseline assessment in 1992. Results-Mean (SD) total cholesterol at baseline was 4.9 (1.0) mmol/L and 59% of the men were current smokers.Over the follow-up period of 10 years, 9475 men experienced any type of stroke, 4768 experienced an ischemic stroke, 2380 an intracerebral hemorrhage, 786 a subarachnoid hemorrhage, 3329 men experienced a myocardial infarction, and 269 an aortic aneurysm. Smoking at baseline was associated with marked increases in risk of ischemic stroke (hazard ratio comparing current smokers with never smokers 1.

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The Association of Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease in a Population With Low Cholesterol Levels

Lawlor

Song²,

Sung³

et al. 2008

Stroke

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“…Second, major depression was diagnosed only by clinical interview, not a standardized psychiatric interview like the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, but the same physician who was experienced in research on the DSM-IV assessments evaluated all the subjects to minimize misdiagnosis 6) . The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has stated that accumulation of research evidence is indispensable for the promotion of a public strategy 13) . Furthermore, the Japanese policy of healthcare 14) deals with smoking and mental health as top priority issues in Japan.…”

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Relationship between Smoking and Major Depression in a Japanese Workplace

Takeuchi¹,

Nakao²,

Yano³

2004

Journal of Occupational Health

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“…16 This benefit is now challenged by reports highlighting the economic ill-effects caused by tobacco use. For example, from 1992, the World Bank invested in research to make the economic case for tobacco control 20 and worked with the WHO to further the FCTC. 16 Such analysis has contributed to movements in public opinion, with surveys demonstrating majority support for the FCTC.…”

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“…The WHO has become a key source in the dissemination of best practice in tobacco control. 20 It worked with the International Agency on Research on Cancer to generate and disseminate scientific information on tobacco use and control.…”

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The global tobacco control ‘endgame’: Change the policy environment to implement the FCTC

Cairney

Mamudu

2014

J Public Health Pol

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The WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control has prompted major change in global tobacco control. However, policy implementation has been uneven, producing the possibility of 'smoke free' outcomes in some countries but not others. We identify the factors that would improve implementation. We produce an ideal-type of 'comprehensive tobacco control regimes', in which countries have policy environments conducive to the implementation of tobacco control measures designed to eradicate tobacco use. It requires these policy processes in each country: their 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 these criteria in the short term, and the gap between the ideal-type and reality is wide in many countries. However, the WHO experience provides a model for progress.

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WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: development of an evidence based global public health treaty

Cited by 441 publications

References 14 publications

The Association of Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease in a Population With Low Cholesterol Levels

The Association of Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease in a Population With Low Cholesterol Levels

Relationship between Smoking and Major Depression in a Japanese Workplace

The global tobacco control ‘endgame’: Change the policy environment to implement the FCTC

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