Influence of the WHO framework convention on tobacco control on tobacco legislation and policies in sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Public Health
Jennifer P WisdomCatherine Kyobutungi

Abstract

The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, enforced in 2005, was a watershed international treaty that stipulated requirements for signatories to govern the production, sale, distribution, advertisement, and taxation of tobacco to reduce its impact on health. This paper describes the timelines, context, key actors, and strategies in the development and implementation of the treaty and describes how six sub-Saharan countries responded to its call for action on tobacco control. A multi-country policy review using case study design was conducted in Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, Malawi, South Africa, and Togo. All documents related to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and individual country implementation of tobacco policies were reviewed, and key informant interviews related to the countries' development and implementation of tobacco policies were conducted. Multiple stakeholders, including academics and activists, led a concerted effort for more than 10 years to push the WHO treaty forward despite counter-marketing from the tobacco industry. Once the treaty was enacted, Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, Malawi, South Africa, and Togo responded in unique ways to implement tobacco policies, with diff...Continue Reading

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Sep 1, 2018·BMC Public Health·Pamel A Juma, Jennifer Wisdom
Jan 5, 2021·Health Policy and Planning·Echezona Ejike UdokanmaCajetan Ilo
Dec 9, 2021·JAMA Network Open·Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy, Kiran Acharya

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