Influence of the WHO framework convention on tobacco control on tobacco legislation and policies in sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract Background The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, enforced in 2005, was a watershed international treaty that stipulated requirements for signatories to govern the production, sale, distribution, advertisement, and taxation of tobacco to reduce its impact o...

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Published in:	BMC Public Health
Main Authors:	Jennifer P. Wisdom, Pamela Juma, Beatrice Mwagomba, Catherine Ndinda, Clarisse Mapa-Tassou, Felix Assah, Misheck Nkhata, Shukri F. Mohamed, Oladepo Oladimeji, Opeyemi Oladunni, Mojisola Oluwasanu, Saliyou Sanni, Jean-Claude Mbanya, Catherine Kyobutungi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2018-08-01
Subjects:	Tobacco WHO Policy Sub-Saharan Africa
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-5827-5