Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Volume 93, Number 4, April 2015, 209-284
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/93/4/en/

WHO’s first global health treaty: 10 years in force
Haik Nikogosian a & Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva a
a. World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2015;93:211. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.15.154823
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It is 10 years since the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control entered into force.1 This binding treaty, the first to be negotiated under the auspices of WHO, is widely recognized as a major milestone in global health.
Although challenges in fully implementing the treaty remain, it has been successful as a novel public health instrument. It has been ratified by 180 Parties – representing 90% of the global population – making it one of the most rapidly embraced treaties in the United Nations system…