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- Cabinet has given approval for India to accede to the Protocol under WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) to eliminate unlawful trade in tobacco products.
- The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is the world’s first modern-day global public health treaty.
- It is also the first treaty negotiated under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO).
- The treaty entered into force in February 2005. It was signed by 168 of the 192 WHO member states.
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- The FCTC provides an internationally co-ordinated response to combating the tobacco epidemic and sets out specific steps for governments addressing tobacco use, including:
- Adopting tax and price measures to reduce tobacco consumption;
- Banning tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship;
- Creating smoke-free work and public spaces;
- Putting prominent health warnings on tobacco packages;
- Combating illicit trade in tobacco products.
- One of the key tobacco supply reduction strategies contained in Article 15 of WHO FCTC envisages elimination of all forms of illicit trade and tobacco products, including smuggling, illicit manufacturing through
- Supply chain control measures to be adopted by the parties viz. licensing of manufacture of tobacco products and machinery for manufacturing of tobacco products, due diligence to be kept by those engaged in production, record keeping.
- The protocol lists out offenses, enforcement measures such as seizures and disposal of seized products.
- It calls for international cooperation in information sharing, maintaining confidentiality, training, technical assistance, and cooperation in scientific and technical and technological matters.
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