Zimbabwe joins the FCTC amid increased efforts to protect FCTC proceedings from industry interference, to adopt recommendations for alternative crops and livelihoods and reduce environmental damage.
This action could jeopardize Zimbabwe's participation in FCTC activities especially if there is stricter FCTC monitoring of compliance with Article 5.3 for "real, perceived, or potential conflict of interests" [ 99].
If funding cannot be sourced for comprehensive FCTC implementation, then scarce resources must target the most cost-effective FCTC provisions, meaning that Articles 6, 8, 11 and 13 are paramount.
Several FCTC provisions had been implemented approximately 1 year before interviews and during data collection, FCTC implementation efforts were largely focused on up-scaling enforcement.
Nauru ratified FCTC in 2004 and passed its Tobacco Control Act, which is almost fully compliant with the key articles of FCTC, in 2009.
It concludes the FCTC "has contributed to significant and rapid progress" in tobacco control action.
It ratified the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2005.
The FCTC offers guidelines on reducing supply and demand to reduce tobacco use by 30% by 2025, Jakarta Globe reports.
The legally binding power of the WHO FCTC compelled lawmakers to comply with international standards.
This article also reviews whether and how lawmakers and government officials actually refer to the WHO FCTC as a justification for amending tobacco law after Korea ratified the WHO FCTC in 2005.
Asia's tobacco control movement was strengthened owing to the need to fulfill the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
