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Status of the transposition of the European Union Tobacco Products Directive onto national legislation.
Tables
- TABLE 1
The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [14]: overview and summary of main sections
Section Articles I) Introduction 2) “[…]members are encouraged to implement measures beyond those required by this Convention[…]” II) Objective, guiding principles and general obligations 3–5) Establish the objective, guiding principles and general obligations engendered by the treaty III) Measures related to the reduction of demand for tobacco 6–14) Demand side reduction measures, including smoking indoors, contents of tobacco products, packaging and labelling, training and public awareness, tobacco advertising, and support for reducing tobacco dependence and cessation IV) Measures relating to the reduction of supply of tobacco 15–17) Eliminating illicit trade of tobacco products, prohibition of selling tobacco to underage persons and provision of economically viable alternative activities V) Protection of the environment 18) Risks of tobacco growing to human health and to the environment VI) Questions related to liability 19) Taking legislative action or promoting their existing laws to deal with liability VII) Scientific and technical cooperation and communication of information 20–22) National and international research surveillance for tobacco control, reporting on the implementation of the Convention, and cooperation to strengthen capacity for implementing the Convention VIII) Institutional arrangements and financial resources 23–26) Establishment and convening of sessions of the COP, functions of the Convention secretariat, relations between the COP and intergovernmental organisations, and financial support for national programmes IX–X) Settlement of disputes and development of the Convention 28–29) Development of the convention
30–38) “Final provisions” covering statutory matters such as means of acceding to the Convention, entry into force, etc.COP: Conference of the Parties.
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Full implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) main indicators in the 53 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region
Indicator Countries with full implementation Ratification of the WHO FCTC 50 (94.3%) Raise tobacco taxes# 29 (54.7%) Laws on smoke-free public places¶ 10 (18.9%) Cessation programmes+ 8 (15.1%) Ban on advertising, promotion and sponsorship§ 4 (7.6%) Pictorial warnings labels on packagingƒ 3 (5.7%) #: more than 75% of the price is tax; ¶: all public places are completely smoke-free or at least 90% of the population is covered by complete subnational smoke-free legislation; +: the country has a national quit line, and both nicotine replacement therapy and some cessation services are cost covered; §: a ban on all forms of direct and indirect advertising; ƒ: should be large, with all appropriate characteristics. Data from [17].
