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Comment
. 2018 Mar 1;7(3):264-267.
doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.78.

Adopting New International Health Instruments - What Can We Learn From the FCTC? Comment on "The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?"

Marlies Hesselman  1 , Brigit Toebes  2
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Adopting New International Health Instruments - What Can We Learn From the FCTC? Comment on "The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?"

Marlies Hesselman et al. Int J Health Policy Manag. .

Abstract

This Commentary forms a response to Nikogosian's and Kickbusch's forward-looking perspective about the legal strength of international health instruments. Building on their arguments, in this commentary we consider what we can learn from the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) for the adoption of new legal international health instruments.

Keywords: Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC); International Relations Theory; Law and Policy Solutions; Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs); Unhealthy Diets.

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