WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

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The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (short Tobacco Framework Convention , Eng. WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control , WHO FCTC ) is an international treaty that was adopted by the 56th World Health Assembly on 21 May 2003. It is the first WHO Convention to be adopted on the basis of Article 19 of the WHO Constitution. The contract came into effect on February 27, 2005. The contract has been signed by 168 contracting parties, including Germany and Austria and the European Union. Due to ratification and other forms of acceptance or confirmation without signature, it is legally binding on 179 parties. In Switzerland, which signed the convention on June 25, 2004, it is still pending ratification and thus entry into force. This makes Switzerland the only European country where the treaty is not in force. The United States, too, have only signed without being committed.

The aim of the convention is to protect current and future generations from the devastating health, social and environmental consequences of tobacco consumption and secondhand smoke. To this end, the Convention provides for a number of national, regional and international tobacco control measures, including extensive obligations on production, sale, distribution, advertising, taxation and tobacco-related policies.

Obligations

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Through the framework agreement, the contracting parties (almost all countries in the world, especially Germany, Austria and Luxembourg) have undertaken to take the following measures:

Area measure items
Lobbying Call to limit the links between the legislature and the tobacco industry. Article 5.3
Decrease in demand Tax and other measures to reduce the demand for tobacco products. Article 6 & 7
Passive smoking Obligation to protect everyone from exposure to tobacco smoke in closed workplaces, public transport and closed, publicly accessible spaces, and - as far as possible - other public spaces. Article 8
regulation The ingredients and emissions of tobacco products are to be regulated and the additives published. Article 10
Packaging and labeling Large warning labels (at least 30% of the packaging surface, 50% or more is recommended), the unitary packaging is recommended; Misleading terms such as (“mild”, “light” etc.) are prohibited. Article 9 & 11
Awareness Public relations work on the consequences of tobacco smoking . Article 12
Tobacco advertising Comprehensive ban unless the respective constitution does not allow it. Article 13
Dependency Nicotine addiction and smoking cessation programs. Article 14
smuggling Measures to curb the illicit trade in tobacco products are called for. Article 15
Protection of minors Sales ban to young people. Article 16
research Research related to tobacco and information exchange between participating states. Articles 20, 21, & 22

criticism

Non-smoker protection in Japan: Enclosed smoking room in a train station - air extraction on the roof.

On World No Tobacco Day 2011, the German Cancer Aid and the “Non-Smoking Action Alliance” of well-known health care organizations in Germany criticized the fact that too little has been achieved against passive smoking in Germany since the German signing of the WHO FCTC in 2003. The organizations as well as the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg accused the 16 federal states of still having different regulations and his responsibility for this “patchwork Germany”.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) . WHO . Retrieved April 30, 2008.
  2. ^ Adoption of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control . In: American Journal of International Law . 97, No. 3, July 2003, pp. 689-691. doi : 10.2307 / 3109859 .
  3. ↑ a b Updated status of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control . WHO . Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  4. ^ Status of the WHO Framework on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) 166 Contracting Parties on gamapserver.who.int
  5. ^ Press conference Alliance and German Cancer Aid May 24, 2011, Berlin