title: FCTC followed by accelerated implementation of tobacco advertising bans.
abstract: We sought to evaluate changes in countries' enacting advertising bans after the effect of ratifying the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
  
  
  
  We compared adoption of advertising bans on five areas (TV and radio, print media, billboards, point-of-sale, sponsorship) in countries that did versus did not ratify the FCTC, accounting for years since the ratification of the Convention.
  
  
  
  On average, passage of complete advertising bans accelerated after FCTC ratification. The development was strongest among lower middle-income countries. Lack of state capacity was associated with lower likelihood of countries implementing complete advertising bans. Implementation of complete advertising bans slowed after 2007.
  
  
  
  Implementation of FCTC Article 13 was followed by increased progress towards complete advertising bans, but progress is incomplete, especially among low-income countries. Low-income countries need comprehensive support to implement FCTC as part of a broad effort to reinvigorate progress on global implementation of the FCTC. Enforcing complete bans requires constant monitoring and attacking of tobacco industry efforts to circumvent them.
authors.affiliation: Social and Public Policy, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Heikki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hiilamo
authors.affiliation: Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.|Department of Medicine, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Stanton
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Glantz
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D062789:Tobacco Products / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: Advertising and Promotion; Global health; Low/Middle income country; Public policy