Warner Kenneth E
School of Public Health, University of MichiganTexas, MI 48109-2029, USA.
Salud Publica Mex. 2008;50 Suppl 3:S283-91. doi: 10.1590/s0036-36342008000900004.
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), a World Health Organization sponsored global tobacco control treaty, constitutes the first major international tool with the potential to significantly reduce the global pandemic of tobacco-produced disease and death. After providing background on the prevalence of cigarette smoking and smoking attributable mortality, both at present and projected for the future, the paper then describes the FCTC and discusses its development, the barriers it has confronted, and the opportunities it offers for improving global health. Successful implementation of the provisions in the treaty could avoid literally tens of millions of premature tobacco-produced deaths over the next few decades.
《烟草控制框架公约》（FCTC）是世界卫生组织发起的一项全球烟草控制条约，是首个有可能大幅减少全球烟草所致疾病和死亡流行的重要国际工具。在介绍了目前及未来预计的吸烟流行率和吸烟所致死亡率的背景情况后，本文接着描述了《烟草控制框架公约》，并讨论了其发展历程、所面临的障碍以及它为改善全球健康带来的机遇。在未来几十年里，成功实施该条约的各项条款实际上可避免数千万人过早死于烟草相关疾病。
