Human rights and tobacco control / edited by Marie Elske Gispen and Brigit Toebes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Toebes, Brigit C. A., editor.

Gispen, Marie Elske, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar studies in health and the law.

Elgar studies in health and the law series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Tobacco--Law and legislation.

Tobacco.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"Large-scale adverse health and developmental outcomes related to tobacco affect millions of people across the world, raising serious questions from a human rights perspective. In response to this crisis, this timely book provides a comprehensive analysis of the promotion and enforcement of human rights protection in tobacco control law and policy at international, regional, and domestic levels. This thought-provoking book offers significant new insights to the topic, laying the foundations for a human rights based approach to tobacco control. Addressing the function of law as a tool to help combat one of the major public health challenges facing society, contributions by global scholars rebut human rights claims presented by the tobacco industry. Emphasis is instead placed upon the human rights of vulnerable individuals, children in particular, as a result of smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke. Illustrating ways in which the right to health can be advanced with regards to tobacco control, smoking and the use of e-cigarettes, this important book will be a vital resource for human rights and health law scholars and practitioners as well as policy makers in public health law"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface / Danius Puras

1. Introduction / Marie Elske Gispen

Part 1. Normative reflections

2. Dignity, vulnerability and human agency in the context of tobacco / Deryck Beyleveld

3. Is there a human right to tobacco control? / Andreas Schmidt

Part 2. International and regional human rights approaches to tobacco control and their link to other fields of law

4. Tobacco control in international human rights law / Oscar Cabrera and Andrés Constantin

5. Accountability, human rights and the responsibilities of the tobacco industry / Lottie Lane

6. Is there a European human rights approach to tobacco control? / Amandine Garde and Brigit Toebes

7. Exploring the role of the asean in fostering human rights approaches to tobacco control in southeast asia / Yi Zhang

8. Tobacco use, exploitation and vulnerability in Africa: A human rights analysis / Obiajulu Nnamuchi

9. Tobacco control in the inter-american human rights system / Oscar Cabrera and Andrés Constantin

10. Human rights in the origins of the fctc / Allyn Taylor and Alisha McCarthy

11. Human rights and tobacco control: Lessons from illicit drugs / Damon Barrett and Julie Hannah

12. The role of iel dispute settlement bodies in reinforcing the sovereign rights of states in the field of tobacco control / Lukasz Gruszczynski

Part 3. Specific elements of tobacco control law and policy in light of human rights

13. Smoke-free environments: Lessons from Italy / Stefania Negri

14. The tobacco endgame: Experiences from Finland / Milka Sormunen and Sakari Karjalainen

15. E-cigarettes in Belgium: While the smoke clears the fog rises / Steven Lierman and Mathijs van Westendorp

16. Human rights and tobacco plain packaging in australia / Andrew Mitchell and Marcus Roberts

17. Conclusions / Brigit Toebes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781788974820

1788974824