A1.3 International tobacco control strategies

A1.3.1 The WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) website
Includes the Framework Convention document, a regularly updated list of signatories, and papers and minutes from Conventions of Parties and associated working groups
http://www.who.int/fctc/en/

Including

The Framework Convention Alliance (FCA)

An alliance of organisations working on the development, ratification, and implementation of FCTC. The website contains FCA Background and Briefing Papers on articles of the FCTC as well as comprehensive progress on implementation of the FCTC
http://www.fctc.org/

A1.3.2 Support for introducing tobacco control programs

WHO Tobacco-free initiative

Publications
http://www.who.int/tobacco/publications/en/index.html

M-Power initiative

A set of six key tobacco control measures that reflect and build on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
http://www.who.int/tobacco/mpower/en/

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/

Including:

Tobacco technical assistance consortium

Assisting organisations in developing effective tobacco prevention and control programs. Based in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia
http://tacenters.emory.edu/resources/products_tools/tobacco/power-of-proof/

National Cancer Institute's Tobacco Control Monograph Series: Public health issues in smoking and tobacco use control

https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/brp/tcrb/monographs/

 

Global Tobacco Control

An online resource that provides free online trainings, research-based reports and guides, and information on the capacity building programs of the Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) within the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

https://globaltobaccocontrol.org/home  

International Agency for Research on Cancer

IARC handbooks on cancer prevention including