Costa Rica’s implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Overcoming decades of industry dominance

Costa Rica’s implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Overcoming decades of industry dominance

Objective. To analyze the passage of Costa Rica’s 2012 tobacco control law. Materials and methods. Review of legislation, newspaper articles, and key informant interviews. Results. Tobacco control advocates, in close collaboration with international health groups, recruited national, regional and in...

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Main Authors: Eric Crosbie, Patricia Sosa, Stanton A Glantz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2016-01-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
Subjects:
Latin America
public health law
tobacco smoke pollution
tobacco industry
public policy
tobacco control campaigns
Online Access:http://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/7669

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