Heart 2009;95:1377-1379
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The triumph of national smoke-free legislation
1 Henry Mechan Professor of Public Health, University of Glasgow, UK
2 Senior Public Health Adviser, Scottish Collaboration on Public Health Research Policy, Edinburgh, UK
Correspondence to Professor Jill Pell, Henny Mechan Chair in Public Health, Room 305, Public Health Section, University of Glasgow, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK; j.pell@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
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In 2003, the World Health Organization ratified its first international public health treaty—the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). The FCTC sets out a legislative framework for tobacco control and has been adopted by 164 countries to date. In July 2007, the Conference of Parties adopted guidelines for implementation of Article 8 of the FCTC on "Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke." This article set out recommendations for the development, implementation and enforcement of national, comprehensive smoke-free legislation. The first national, comprehensive legislation was introduced in the Republic of Ireland in 2004, followed by Norway and New Zealand. Their experience of introducing comprehensive legislation informed Article 8 of the FCTC. National legislation that is in accordance with, or closely aligned to, Article 8 has now been introduced in many other jurisdictions including Italy, France and the United Kingdom, as well as a growing number of US states and Canadian provinces.
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