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The Global Tobacco Epidemic and the Law

The Global Tobacco Epidemic and the Law

Author: Andrew D. Mitchell; Tania Voon
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781783471515
Published In: July 2014
Format: Hardback , 368 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Tobacco use represents a critical global health challenge. The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco kills nearly 6 million people a year, with the toll expected to rise to 8 million annually over the next two decades. Written by health and legal experts from institutions around the globe, The Global Tobacco Epidemic and the Law examines the key areas of domestic and international law affecting the regulation of tobacco.

The book offers a wide-ranging and in-depth exploration of relevant legal questions, including a focus on the activities of the World Health Organization and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, as well as an extensive evaluation of relevant developments in international trade law and international investment law. The authors’ expert analysis also sheds light on broader questions relating to the capacity of governments to regulate tobacco products and the tobacco industry, as reflected in detailed case studies of tobacco control in various countries and regions around the world. The answers to these questions are of vital interest to the international community, with states’ regulatory sovereignty regarding tobacco increasingly being challenged in local and international courts and tribunals.

Combining unique insight with rigorous analysis, this book will facilitate a more sophisticated understanding of the legal issues concerning tobacco control and will be of interest to lawyers, diplomats, policymakers and NGOs, as well being a valuable resource for scholars of law, public policy and health.

Introduction
Andrew Mitchell and Tania Voon

Part I: TOBACCO CONTROL IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
2 .The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the Tobacco Free Initiative
Katherine DeLand, Gemma Lien and Heather Wipfli

3. Guidelines and Protocols under the Framework Convention
Chang-fa Lo

4. The Power of the WHO FCTC: Understanding its Legal Status and Weight
Jonathan Liberman

5. The European Anti-Fraud Office and the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
Neil Boister

Part II: Tobacco Control in the Context of International Trade and Investment
6. The WTO Ruling on the United States’ Flavoured Cigarettes Ban
Todd Tucker

7. The WHO FCTC as an International Standard under the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
Lucasz Gruszcynski

8. Disputes Regarding Tobacco Control Measures under Investor-State Arbitration
Tsai-Yu Lin

9. Tobacco Control in ASEAN
Locknie Hsu

10. International Trade Policy and Tobacco Products under the Obama Administration
Jamie Strawbridge

Part III: Tobacco Control Around the World
11. Tobacco Control in Europe: The Potential for Plain Packaging
Peter K Henning and Leonid Shmatenko

12. Tobacco Control in Canada
Rob Cunningham

13. Tobacco Control in Latin America
Oscar A Cabrera and Juan Carballo

14. Tobacco Control in Australia: The High Court Challenge to Plain Packaging
Mark Davison

15. Tobacco Control in Taiwan
Chuan-Feng Wu

16. Tobacco Control in India
Amit Yadav and Deepti Singh

Index

Edited by Andrew D. Mitchell, Professor and Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne and Tania Voon, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia