Honoring 20 Years of the WHO Framework Conference on Tobacco Management – ASH > Motion on Smoking & Well being

This 12 months marks the 20^th anniversary of the WHO Framework Conference on Tobacco Management (FCTC) coming into into pressure. The FCTC is a landmark treaty, the primary world public well being treaty, and has reworked the worldwide struggle in opposition to tobacco-related hurt. Since its adoption in 2003, the FCTC has been a beacon of hope, setting daring requirements for tobacco management and saving hundreds of thousands of lives.

During the last 20 years, ASH has been honored to work with renown companions, advocates, and associates to contribute to a powerful and efficient treaty, and as we speak, we’re amplifying their voices and sharing their experiences, linked under.

• Alfred Munzer, Director of Pulmonary Drugs Washington Adventist Hospital, Washington, DC; Former President, American Lung Affiliation and Board Member, Motion on Smoking and Well being

• Chris Bostic, Coverage Director of ASH

• Eduardo Bianco, Director, Habit Coaching Program for Well being Professionals

• Elif Dagli, Chair, Well being Institute – Türkiye

• Judith Mackay, Director, Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Management, Hong Kong

• Laurent Huber, Govt Director of ASH, former Director of the FCA

• Luk Joossens, Worldwide skilled on combatting illicit commerce in tobacco merchandise, Brussels, Belgium.

• Quickly-Younger Yoon, consultant for the Worldwide Alliance of Girls to the UN

• Tom Glynn, Stanford College, Prevention Analysis Heart, College of Drugs

• Ulysses Dorotheo, Govt Director, Southeast Asia Tobacco Management Alliance

• Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, Head of the WHO FCTC Secretariat 2014-2020, Senior researcher at CETAB-Fiocruz, Govt Secretary of Brazil’s Fee for FCTC & Protocol Implementation

Civil society has been on the coronary heart of this motion, advocating for stronger rules, elevating consciousness, and holding governments accountable.

Collectively, we’ve pushed for insurance policies that shield public well being, scale back tobacco use, and safeguard future generations.

Our journey is way from over.

The teachings we’ve realized from the previous 20 years proceed to form our ongoing efforts, guiding the FCTC in addressing new challenges and increasing its world affect. With every milestone, we deliver ourselves nearer to a world freed from tobacco-related demise and illness.

Be part of us in celebrating this vital anniversary and recommit to the imaginative and prescient of a more healthy, tobacco-free future for all.