Institute of Health Law Studies, California Western School of Law, San Diego, California, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2013 Apr;103(4):e39-43. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301029. Epub 2013 Feb 14.
Numerous national governments have recently adopted packaging and labeling legislation to curb global tobacco uptake. This coincides with the World Health Organization's 2011 World No Tobacco Day, which recognized the extraordinary progress of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). The tobacco industry has presented legal challenges to countries, including Australia, Uruguay, and the United States, for enacting legislation meeting or exceeding FCTC obligations. We argue that national governments attempting to meet the obligations set forth in public health treaties such as the FCTC should be afforded flexibilities and protection in developing tobacco control laws and regulations, because these measures are necessary to protect public health and should be explicitly recognized in international trade and legal agreements.
许多国家政府最近通过了包装和标签立法，以遏制全球烟草使用。这与世界卫生组织 2011 年世界无烟日的倡议不谋而合，该日认可了《烟草控制框架公约》（FCTC）取得的非凡进展。烟草业对包括澳大利亚、乌拉圭和美国在内的多个国家提起法律挑战，指控这些国家颁布的立法符合或超出了 FCTC 的义务。我们认为，各国政府在制定烟草控制法律法规方面，为履行《烟草控制框架公约》等公共卫生条约规定的义务，应享有一定的灵活性和保护，因为这些措施对于保护公众健康是必要的，应该在国际贸易和法律协议中得到明确认可。
