Tobacco and its legislation on the international scene - the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control as a paradigm considering diplomacy and global health governance

• Main Authors: Rubens Correia junior, Carla Arena Ventura
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Icict) da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) 2015-06-01
• Series: RECIIS
• Subjects: Convenção-Quadro para o Controle do Tabaco (CQCT); Comissão Nacional Para Controle do Uso do Tabaco (CNCT); Políticas Públicas de Saúde; Saúde Global; Governança
• Online Access: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/949

The aim of this article is essentially to discuss the intersection between diplomacy and public health policies to combat and control tobacco use, stressing the importance of cooperation in global health to achieve the foundations for the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the first internation­al treaty on health which was negotiated by the member countries of the World Health Assembly. The aim is also to evaluate the global health and the role of governance in international tobacco control as well to draw a link between the FCTC and diplomacy. It was concluded that health demands require a global commitment and the legislation establishing control of smoking appears as the first international measure included in a context of diplomacy in health and governance, aiming public policy-making for the promotion of global health.