The impact of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in defending legal challenges to tobacco control measures

201820 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Suzanne Zhou · McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer

Jonathan Liberman · McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer

Abstract

The way the WHO FCTC has been cited in court decisions suggests that it has made a substantial contribution to courts' reasoning in tobacco control legal challenges and has strengthened governments' arguments in defending litigation.

Topics & Keywords

Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling Smoking Behavior and Cessation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Tobacco Control

Volume 28, Issue Suppl 2, pp. s113-s118

DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054329

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