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Smokefree Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Making Progress

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Sebrié, Ernesto M., Schoj, Verónica, Travers, Mark J., McGaw, Barbara, Glantz, Stanton A.·2012·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
DOI 10.3390/ijerph9051954PMC PMC3386598
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We reviewed the adoption and implementation of smokefree policies in all Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries. Significant progress has been achieved among LAC countries since the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was adopted in 2005. Both national and sub-national legislation have provided effective mechanisms to increase the fraction of the population protected from secondhand tobacco smoke. Civil society has actively promoted these policies and played a main role in enacting them and monitoring their enforcement. The tobacco industry, while continuing to oppose the approval and regulation of the laws at legislative and executive levels, has gone a step further by litigating against them in the Courts. As in the US and elsewhere, this litigation has failed to stop the legislation.

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  • Constitutional courts upheld strong tobacco control policies in fourteen countries.

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    Section 3.2 reports that courts upheld tobacco-control laws against constitutional challenges in several countries, including Guatemala, Peru, and Costa Rica. It does not report such rulings in fourteen countries; Section 4 instead counts thirteen countries that had adopted comprehensive national smokefree policies. Page numbers are not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Similar to successful tobacco control advocacy efforts in other countries, local civil society groups developed close relationships with government officials, provided evidence-based information to policy-makers, and closely monitored swift government actions and industry activity to advance tobacco control in Uruguay.

    “Similar to successful tobacco control advocacy efforts in other countries,17579293 local civil society groups developed close relationships with government officials, provided evidence-based information to policy-makers, and closely monitored swift government actions and industry activity to advance tobacco control in Uruguay.”

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Authors
Sebrié, E. M., Schoj, V., Travers, M. J., McGaw, B., & Glantz, S. A.
Affiliations
  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
  • InterAmerican Heart Foundation Argentina, Buenos Aires 1425, Argentina
  • Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Kingston 5, Jamaica
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
Sebrié, Ernesto M.
ORCID
Venue
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2012-05-21
Volume
9
Issue
5
Pages
1954-1970
ISSN
1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/ijerph9051954
PMC
PMC3386598
OpenAlex
W1985496775
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journal article
Language
en
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  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (CA-87472)
  • Georgetown University
  • National Cancer Institute (P01CA138389, R01CA087472, CA138389, CA 87472)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Public Health Policies and Education
Keywords
smoke-free policies, tobacco control legislation, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, passive smoking, tobacco litigation, civil society advocacy, policy implementation, Latin America and the Caribbean
MeSH terms
Humans, Latin America, Public Policy, Smoking, Tobacco Smoke Pollution, Caribbean Region, Government Regulation

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