Overview

Tobacco use represents a critical global health challenge. The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco kills nearly 6 million people a year, with the toll expected to rise to 8 million annually over the next two decades. Written by health and legal experts from institutions around the globe, The Global Tobacco Epidemic and the Law examines the key areas of domestic and international law affecting the regulation of tobacco.The book offers a wide-ranging and in-depth exploration of relevant legal questions, including a focus on the activities of the World Health Organization and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, as well as an extensive evaluation of relevant developments in international trade law and international investment law. The authors' expert analysis also sheds light on broader questions relating to the capacity of governments to regulate tobacco products and the tobacco industry, as reflected in detailed case studies of tobacco control in various countries and regions around the world. The answers to these questions are of vital interest to the international community, with states' regulatory sovereignty regarding tobacco increasingly being challenged in local and international courts and tribunals. Combining unique insight with rigorous analysis, this book will facilitate a more sophisticated understanding of the legal issues concerning tobacco control and will be of interest to lawyers, diplomats, policymakers and NGOs, as well being a valuable resource for scholars of law, public policy and health. Contributors: N. Boister, O.A. Cabrera, J. Carballo, R. Cunningham, M. Davison, K. DeLand, L. Gruszczynski, P. Henning, L. Hsu, J. Liberman, G. Lien, T-y. Lin, C-f. Lo, A. Mitchell, L. Shmatenko, D. Singh, J. Strawbridge, T. Tucker, T. Voon, H. Wipfli, C-F. Wu, A. Yadav

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Author:   Andrew D. Mitchell ,  Tania Voon
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781783471515

ISBN 10:   1783471514
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   25 July 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Andrew D Mitchell and Tania Voon Part I: TOBACCO CONTROL IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2 .The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the Tobacco Free Initiative Katherine DeLand, Gemma Lien and Heather Wipfli 3. Guidelines and Protocols under the Framework Convention Chang-fa Lo 4. The Power of the WHO FCTC: Understanding its Legal Status and Weight Jonathan Liberman 5. The European Anti-Fraud Office and the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products Neil Boister Part II: Tobacco Control in the Context of International Trade and Investment 6. The WTO Ruling on the United States' Flavoured Cigarettes Ban Todd Tucker 7. The WHO FCTC as an International Standard under the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade Lucasz Gruszczynski 8. Disputes Regarding Tobacco Control Measures under Investor State Arbitration Tsai-Yu Lin 9. Tobacco Control in ASEAN Locknie Hsu 10. International Trade Policy and Tobacco Products under the Obama Administration Jamie Strawbridge Part III: Tobacco Control Around the World 11. Tobacco Control in Europe: The Potential for Plain Packaging Peter K Henning and Leonid Shmatenko 12. Tobacco Control in Canada Rob Cunningham 13. Tobacco Control in Latin America Oscar A Cabrera and Juan Carballo 14. Tobacco Control in Australia: The High Court Challenge to Plain Packaging Mark Davison 15. Tobacco Control in Taiwan Chuan-Feng Wu 16. Tobacco Control in India Amit Yadav and Deepti Singh Index

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'The book is destined to become a reference point for scholars and practitioners alike. This is even more the case if one considers the fact that the volume constitutes a valuable addition to the state-of-the-art and other co edited volumes of the coeditors. This important collection illustrates the extent to which convergence between international law and domestic law is occurring.' -- Melbourne Journal of International Law

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Edited by Andrew D. Mitchell, Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University and Tania Voon, Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Australia

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