The WHO Tobacco Convention: A New Dawn in the Implementation of International Health Instrument? Comment on “The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?”

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2018

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International Journal of Health Policy Management

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The Tobacco Convention was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2003. Nikogosian and Kickbusch examine the five potential impacts of the Tobacco Convention and its Protocol on public health. These include the adoption of the Convention would seem to unlock the treaty-making powers of WHO; the impact of the Convention in the global health architecture has been phenomenal globally; the Convention has facilitated the adoption of further instruments to strengthen its implementation at the national level; the Convention has led to the adoption of appropriate legal framework to combat the use of tobacco at the national level and that the impact of the Convention would seem to go beyond public health but has also led to the adoption of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco. However, the article by Nikogosian and Kickbusch would seem to overlook some of the challenges that may militate against the effective implementation of international law, including the Tobacco Convention, at the national level.

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Tobacco Convention, Global Public Health, International Law, Implementation, National Level

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Durojaye, E. 2018. The WHO Tobacco Convention: A New Dawn in the Implementation of International Health Instrument? Comment on “The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?”. International Journal Health Policy Management. 7(2), 189–191