The United States has signed but not ratified the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). The FCTC is the first global public health treaty designed to foster international cooperation to protect persons around the world from the devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke.
The treaty commits nations to implement policies on tobacco price and tax increases, eliminating or restricting tobacco advertising and sponsorship, labeling tobacco packaging with more prominent health warnings, reducing exposure to secondhand smoke, expanding access to tobacco cessation treatments and curbing illicit trade. Over 165 countries have ratified the framework convention.
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