title: Creating smoke-free places through the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities.
abstract: In some high-, middle-, and low-income countries, law has been employed to limit individuals' secondhand smoke exposure. Innovative legal tools are still needed, especially in low- and middle-income countries where smoking prevalence continues to rise. For some persons with severe respiratory conditions, the presence of secondhand smoke is intolerable and prevents their entrance into restaurants and other venues. With its adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2006, the United Nations gave countries a new way to promote the rights of disabled individuals and simultaneously address secondhand smoke exposure. We analyze the CRPD's potential to advance tobacco control goals and offer recommendations for advocates, policymakers, and others seeking to apply this approach.
authors.affiliation: Lainie Rutkow and Jon S. Vernick are with the Department of Health Policy and Management and the Center for Law and the Public's Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Joanna E. Cohen is with the Department of Health, Behavior and Society and the Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Gregory J. Tung is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
authors.forename: Lainie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rutkow
authors.forename: Jon S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Vernick
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Tung
authors.forename: Joanna E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D016134:Organizational Policy; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014480:United Nations
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution