TY - JOUR T1 - Where next for the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control? JF - Tobacco Control JO - Tob Control SP - 183 LP - 186 DO - 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056545 VL - 31 IS - 2 AU - Stella Bialous AU - Vera Luiza Da Costa e Silva Y1 - 2022/03/01 UR - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/31/2/183.abstract N2 - At the launch of Tobacco Control in 1992, the concept of a global treaty to address the growing tobacco epidemic could have seemed farfetched but for the efforts of the late Professor Ruth Roemer who, in 1993, was encouraging tobacco control advocates to consider international treaty law to address the global needs of tobacco control.1 The rest, as it’s said, is history. In 2021, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) completed 16 years since its entry into force and the 9th Conference of the Parties of the FCTC took place in November 2021. As we enter 2022, the treaty and the journal’s history remain fundamentally connected.As the journal’s anniversary issue reflects on advances, and considers the future, of tobacco control, it offers an opportunity to look back on the FCTC’s achievements and next steps. Importantly, the shared history of the journal and the treaty will continue to be linked as progress in implementing the treaty may inform a research agenda, and, conversely, cutting edge research published by the journal will inform policies that “protect present and future generations from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke…”.2 The 2021 Global Progress in Implementation of the WHO FCTC3 notes that progress in implementation of the treaty continues, if incrementally. The report observes that the most implemented articles are those focused on reducing demand for tobacco products, such as Article 8 (smokefree environments), Article 11 (warning labels on tobacco products) and Article 12 (education, communication, training and public awareness).3–5 Although compliance with full implementation of these three, and other, articles falls behind the minimum requirements established by the Convention for a number of Parties,4 6 7 there are opportunities to close these gaps in the near … ER -