Tobacco control litigation: broader impacts on health rights adjudication

There is perhaps no area of law that so effectively protects human health and thereby advances the right to the highest attainable standard of health, as tobacco control. Globally, tobacco is responsible for 1 in 10 adult deaths, and is on track to kill 10 million people per year, mostly in developi...

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Autores: Cabrera, Oscar Alfredo, Carballo, Juan Martín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Right to Health
Tobacco Control
Social Rights Litigation
Public Policies
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spelling Tobacco control litigation: broader impacts on health rights adjudicationCabrera, Oscar AlfredoCarballo, Juan MartínRight to HealthTobacco ControlSocial Rights LitigationPublic Policieshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5There is perhaps no area of law that so effectively protects human health and thereby advances the right to the highest attainable standard of health, as tobacco control. Globally, tobacco is responsible for 1 in 10 adult deaths, and is on track to kill 10 million people per year, mostly in developing countries, representing a US$200 billion drain on the global economy. Yet experience in recent decades has shown that a range of tobacco control measures, such as comprehensive bans on smoking in public places, tobacco taxes, and limits on tobacco advertising, can greatly reduce smoking prevalence. These measures have slowly curtailed the epidemic, despite strong opposition from various sectors led by the tobacco industry. It is fitting that tobacco control is the focus of a recent, widely ratified global treaty (the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control) and of increasing national litigation, often directly linked to countries’ human rights commitments.Fil: Cabrera, Oscar Alfredo. O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law; Estados UnidosFil: Carballo, Juan Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaWiley2013-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/22999Cabrera, Oscar Alfredo; Carballo, Juan Martín; Tobacco control litigation: broader impacts on health rights adjudication; Wiley; The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics; 41; 1; 3-2013; 147-1621748-720XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.aslme.org/Back_Issues_And_Articles?journal=JLME&year=2013&volume=41&number=1&type=A#A1323info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/jlme.12011info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jlme.12011info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2024-05-08T14:13:01Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/22999instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982024-05-08 14:13:01.821CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
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title Tobacco control litigation: broader impacts on health rights adjudication
spellingShingle Tobacco control litigation: broader impacts on health rights adjudication
Cabrera, Oscar Alfredo
Right to Health
Tobacco Control
Social Rights Litigation
Public Policies
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
title_short Tobacco control litigation: broader impacts on health rights adjudication
title_full Tobacco control litigation: broader impacts on health rights adjudication
title_fullStr Tobacco control litigation: broader impacts on health rights adjudication
title_full_unstemmed Tobacco control litigation: broader impacts on health rights adjudication
title_sort Tobacco control litigation: broader impacts on health rights adjudication
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cabrera, Oscar Alfredo
Carballo, Juan Martín
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Carballo, Juan Martín
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Right to Health
Tobacco Control
Social Rights Litigation
Public Policies
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
topic Right to Health
Tobacco Control
Social Rights Litigation
Public Policies
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
description There is perhaps no area of law that so effectively protects human health and thereby advances the right to the highest attainable standard of health, as tobacco control. Globally, tobacco is responsible for 1 in 10 adult deaths, and is on track to kill 10 million people per year, mostly in developing countries, representing a US$200 billion drain on the global economy. Yet experience in recent decades has shown that a range of tobacco control measures, such as comprehensive bans on smoking in public places, tobacco taxes, and limits on tobacco advertising, can greatly reduce smoking prevalence. These measures have slowly curtailed the epidemic, despite strong opposition from various sectors led by the tobacco industry. It is fitting that tobacco control is the focus of a recent, widely ratified global treaty (the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control) and of increasing national litigation, often directly linked to countries’ human rights commitments.
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