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The Global War on Tobacco: Mapping the World's First Public Health Treaty (2015)

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The tobacco industry has capitalized on numerous elements of globalization—including trade liberalization, foreign direct investment, and global communications—to expand into countries where effective tobacco control programs are not in place. As a consequence, tobacco is currently the leading cause of preventable death in the world. Each year, it kills more people than HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. Amid evidence of an emerging pandemic, a committed group of public health professionals and institutions sought in the mid-1990s to challenge the tobacco industry’s expansion by negotiating a binding international law under the auspices of the World Health Organization. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)—the first collective global response to the causation of avoidable chronic disease—was one of the most quickly ratified treaties in United Nations history. In The Global War on Tobacco, Heather Wipfli tells the engaging story of the FCTC, from its start as an unlikely civil society proposal to its enactment in 178 countries as of June 2014. Wipfli also reveals how globalization offers anti-tobacco advocates significant cooperative opportunities to share knowledge and address cross-border public health problems.The book—the first to delve deeply into the origin and development of the FCTC—seeks to advance understanding of how non-state actors, transnational networks, and international institutionalization can impact global governance for health. Case studies from a variety of diverse high-, middle-, and low-income countries provide real-world examples of the success or failure of tobacco control. 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.

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Review Ana S. Ayala (2016) Review of "The Global War on Tobacco: Mapping the World's First Public Health Treaty". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 574-576). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Proctor, Robert N.
Sivaramakrishnan, Kavita
Couto, Cristiana
Armus, Diego
Rasmussen, Nicolas
Heffernan, Michael
Concepts
Disease and diseases
Health
Public health
Tobacco
Globalization; internationalization
Tobacco industry
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
Premodern
Ancient
Places
Great Britain
Brazil
Levant and Near East
Mediterranean region
East Asia
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
United Nations
UNICEF
World Bank
Centers for Disease Control (U.S.)
Rockefeller Foundation
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