The Global War on Tobacco: Mapping the World's First Public Health Treaty

by Heather Wipfli

The first in-depth review of the World Health Organization's groundbreaking Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

The tobacco industry has capitalized on numerous elements of globalization--including trade liberalization, foreign direct investment, and global communications--to expand into countries where effective tobacco control programs are not in place. As a consequence, tobacco is currently the leading cause of preventable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421416832
• ISBN13: 9781421416830
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"