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Tob Control 2005;14:ii26-ii30 doi:10.1136/tc.2004.008284
  • Research paper

Ethical and legal aspects of global tobacco control

  1. T E Novotny,
  2. D Carlin
  1. Institute for Global Health, San Francisco, California, USA
  1. Correspondence to:
 Thomas E Novotny
 Institute for Global Health, 74 New Montgomery Street, Suite 508, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA; tnovotnypsg.ucsf.edu

    Abstract

    On 28 February 2005, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control came into force as a result of at least 40 countries becoming State Parties through ratification of this first ever health treaty sponsored by the World Health Organization. This article discusses the bioethical, trade, and legal aspects of global tobacco control. Special emphasis is given to globalisation of tobacco use and the challenges it poses to sovereign nations. It also advocates a bioethical basis in the pursuit of global solutions to expanding tobacco use.

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    • Competing interests: none declared

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