The origins, development, effects, and future of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: A personal perspective

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9930, 2014, Pages 1771-1779

  Yach, Derek ^a  

^a Vitality Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO USE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84900799011     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62155-8     Document Type: Note

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