Influence of the WHO framework convention on tobacco control on tobacco legislation and policies in sub-Saharan Africa

• Main Authors: Jennifer P. Wisdom (Author), Pamela Juma (Author), Beatrice Mwagomba (Author), Catherine Ndinda (Author), Clarisse Mapa-Tassou (Author), Felix Assah (Author), Misheck Nkhata (Author), Shukri F. Mohamed (Author), Oladepo Oladimeji (Author), Opeyemi Oladunni (Author), Mojisola Oluwasanu (Author), Saliyou Sanni (Author), Jean-Claude Mbanya (Author), Catherine Kyobutungi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, enforced in 2005, was a watershed international treaty that stipulated requirements for signatories to govern the production, sale, distribution, advertisement, and taxation of tobacco to reduce its imp...