The global war on tobacco : mapping the world's first public health treaty / Heather Wipfli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wipfli, Heather, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (2003 May 21).

Tobacco--Law and legislation.

Tobacco industry--Law and legislation.

Tobacco use--Prevention--International cooperation.

Tobacco use--Government policy.

Smoking--legislation & jurisprudence.

International Cooperation.

Smoking Prevention.

Tobacco Industry--legislation & jurisprudence.

Tobacco Use Disorder--prevention & control.

Tobacco use.

Tobacco use--Prevention.

International cooperation.

Tobacco industry.

Medical Subjects:

Smoking--legislation & jurisprudence.

International Cooperation.

Smoking Prevention.

Tobacco Industry--legislation & jurisprudence.

Tobacco Use Disorder--prevention & control.

Physical Description:

ix, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.

Summary:

"A major contribution not just to tobacco control research but also to research on global governance and public health . . . thorough [and] compelling." --Frank J. Chaloupka IV, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois-Chicago As the era of globalization progressed, the tobacco industry capitalized on its elements--including trade liberalization, foreign direct investment, and global communications--to expand into countries where effective tobacco control programs were not in place. As a consequence, tobacco became the leading cause of preventable death in the world, killing more people each year than HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. In the mid-1990s, a committed group of public health professionals and institutions sought 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. Written with public health professionals and students in mind, 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.

Contents:

A world connected by cigarettes and disease

100 years in the making

Those who want and those who do not : the FCTC negotiations

With force : the first decade of FCTC implementation

The FCTC in Thailand : in search of solidarity

The FCTC in Uruguay : igniting a global leader

The FCTC in Germany : an island of resistance

China and the FCTC : the 'responsible' resistor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781421416830

1421416832

OCLC:

891001580