Accelerated adoption of smoke-free laws after ratification of the world health organization framework convention on tobacco control

R. Uang, H. Hiilamo and S.A. Glantz

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 1, 166-171

Abstract: Objectives. We sought to evaluate the effect of ratifying the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) on countries enacting smoke-free laws covering indoor workplaces, restaurants, and bars. Methods.Wecompared adoption of smoke-free indoor workplace, restaurant, and bar laws in countries that did versus did not ratify the FCTC, accounting for years since the ratification of the FCTC and for countries' World Bank income group. Results. Ratification of the FCTC significantly (P

Keywords: adoption; catering service; controlled study; half life time; probability; smoking ban; tobacco; workplace; world health organization; comparative study; cultural factor; developed country; developing country; economics; health; human; legislation and jurisprudence; passive smoking; prevention and control; proportional hazards model; world health organization, passive smoking, Cross-Cultural Comparison; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Global Health; Humans; Proportional Hazards Models; Restaurants; Tobacco Smoke Pollution; Workplace; World Health Organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302872

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