title: [Global trends of tobacco control and fostering a tobacco free generation].
abstract: Japan ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control(FCTC) in 2004, with the aim to catch up with the global trends of tobacco control in order to save billions of lives worldwide which would be eventually lost without our concerted actions against tobacco epidemic. Some countries with a half century's history of tobacco control are further advancing their efforts beyond the limitations of FCTC but more countries are following the directions of FCTC to lift up their policies to the global standard levels such as smokefree legislations and pictorial health warnings. The recently adopted UN political declaration on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is another tool to highlight tobacco as a common risk factor of NCDs in the global health agenda.
authors: Division of Tobacco Control Policy, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center.
authors: Yumiko
authors: Y
authors: Mochizuki
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007564:Japan; D012907:Smoking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014944:World Health Organization; D062789:Tobacco Products