Understanding the association between the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, adoption of tobacco control policies, and reduction in smoking prevalence
Menée à partir des données de 126 pays, cette étude évalue l'association entre la mise en place des principales mesures de la Convention-cadre de l’OMS pour la lutte antitabac et l'évolution de la prévalence du tabagisme sur la période 2005-2015
Given the public health significance of tobacco use and the potential of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the world's first global health treaty, to diminish its toll, it is important to understand the treaty's impacts and to learn how to accelerate adoption of effective policy interventions. As such, the Article by Shannon Gravely and colleagues1 represents a welcome addition to the research literature on tobacco control. The authors' analysis assesses policy from a so-called 30 000-foot perspective, giving the most general level view: it examines the association between the change from 2007 to 2014 in countries' implementation of five key FCTC tobacco demand-reduction measures and the change from 2005 to 2015 in smoking prevalence in those countries.
The Lancet Public Health , commentaire, 2016