[EQ] Global Regulatory Strategies for Tobacco Control

 

The "Tobacco Wars"—Global Litigation Strategies

JAMA, December 5, 2007; 298: 2537 – 2539
Lawrence O. Gostin Associate Dean (Research and Academic Programs)Linda D. and Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Global Health Law Faculty Director, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law - Georgetown  University  Law  Center     

 

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“……. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) identifies civil and criminal litigation as a public health strategy and promotes international cooperation (reporting, technical assistance, and information exchange). Holding the tobacco industry accountable through civil and criminal liability serves a number of public health objectives: punishes companies for hiding known health risks, manipulating nicotine content, and misleading the public; deters and prevents future harmful behavior; compensates individuals and stake-holders for health care and other costs associated with smoking and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS); raises prices, resulting in lower tobacco consumption; increases disclosure of health risks, through labeling and advertising restrictions; and promotes transparency, by compelling discovery of internal industry documents. ….”

 

 

Global Regulatory Strategies for Tobacco Control

JAMA, November 7, 2007; 298: 2057 - 2059

Lawrence O. Gostin Associate Dean (Research and Academic Programs)Linda D. and Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Global Health Law Faculty Director, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law - Georgetown  University  Law  Center     

 

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“……In the mid-20th century, the cigarette was a cultural icon in Western society—tobacco smoking was viewed as chic, promoted ubiquitously, and portrayed by sports and movie stars as an accoutrement of the good life.1 But by the close of the century, public and political perceptions were transformed by revelations about the tobacco industry's knowledge of the risks and its intent to deceive. Tobacco executives understood the health effects of smoking, the addictive quality of nicotine, and the toxicity of pesticides contained in cigarettes….”

 

 

 

 

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