FCTC followed by accelerated implementation of tobacco advertising bans
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OBJECTIVES: We sought to evaluate changes in countries' enacting advertising bans after the effect of ratifying the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). METHODS: We compared adoption of advertising bans on five areas (TV and radio, print media, billboards, point-of-sale, sponsorship) in countries that did versus did not ratify the FCTC, accounting for years since the ratification of the Convention. RESULTS: On average, passage of complete advertising bans accelerated after FCTC ratification. The development was strongest among lower middle-income countries. Lack of state capacity was associated with lower likelihood of countries implementing complete advertising bans. Implementation of complete advertising bans slowed after 2007. CONCLUSIONS: Implementation of FCTC Article 13 was followed by increased progress towards complete advertising bans, but progress is incomplete, especially among low-income countries. Low-income countries need comprehensive support to implement FCTC as part of a broad effort to reinvigorate progress on global implementation of the FCTC. Enforcing complete bans requires constant monitoring and attacking of tobacco industry efforts to circumvent them.
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Since 2005, the FCTC has redefined global, regional, and national approaches to tobacco control and policy.
“Since 2005, the year when the FCTC entered into force, it has redefined global, regional, and national approaches to tobacco control and policy.50, 51”
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The Conclusions (page not provided) report that FCTC ratification was followed by accelerated adoption of national tobacco advertising bans, supporting a change in one area of tobacco-control policy. The paper does not establish the broader claim that the FCTC redefined global, regional, and national approaches to tobacco control as a whole. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredProperly implemented FCTC policies significantly reduce tobacco consumption.
“Properly implemented FCTC policies significantly reduce tobacco consumption.7–10”
From Role of stakeholders in Nigeria’s tobacco control journey after the FCTC: lessons for tobacco control advocacy in low-income and middle-income countries (2019) · cites this paper as [8]
The Introduction (page unavailable) states that comprehensive bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship reduce tobacco use, especially among young people. But the paper's Conclusions (page unavailable) concern accelerated adoption of those bans, not a measured reduction in consumption. It does not establish a significant consumption reduction from properly implemented FCTC policies generally. (LLM, conf=0.85)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe transnational tobacco control network supported the creation of the WHO FCTC and assisted governments in implementing it, which has accelerated the adoption of tobacco control regulations, including pictorial health warning labels on cigarette packages.
“This network supported the creation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)15 and assisted governments in implementing it,16–19 which has accelerated the adoption of tobacco control regulations,20–23 including pictorial health warning labels (HWLs) on cigarette packages.24”
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- Authors
- Hiilamo, H., & Glantz, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Corresponding author
- Glantz, Stanton
- Venue
- Tobacco Control
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2016-07-28
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 428-433
- ISSN
- 0964-4563 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-3318
- PMC
- PMC5274612
- OpenAlex
- W2496932268
- Cited by
- 53
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Tobacco Control (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Cancer Institute (CA-87472)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Public Health Policies and Education
- Keywords
- Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, tobacco advertising ban, tobacco control policy implementation, state capacity, low-income countries, international health policy
- MeSH terms
- Advertising, Humans, Poverty, World Health Organization, Tobacco Products
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