Children's rights to a tobacco-free environment
December 30, 2019
Par: webstudio_editor
Dernière mise à jour: December 30, 2019
Temps de lecture: 2 minutes
The International Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)) adopted by the United Nations in 1989, is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history: All 197 member countries of the United Nations, except the United States, are parties. The CRC establishes the rights of children, emphasizing their rights to life (Article 6), health (Article 24), education (Articles 28 and 29), and to protection against the use of harmful drugs (Article 33), as well as exploitative activities harmful to their well-being (Article 36). The serious and widespread impact of smoking on children's health, the abusive marketing practices of the tobacco industry and The use of child labor in tobacco cultivation makes CIDE a potentially powerful tool in tobacco control, as recognized by several public health and human rights advocates. The CRC also complements the World Health Organization's 2005 Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which is the United Nations treaty on tobacco control.
At the policy level, governments have a range of multisectoral approaches available to minimise tobacco use and exposure to tobacco in children's environments. These approaches include the elimination of all advertising, promotion including the introduction of plain packaging, banning flavoured tobacco, increasing tobacco taxes, raising the minimum age for purchasing tobacco and bans on smoking in public and communal spaces. These provisions have significant health benefits. These measures are articulated with other obligations that must be implemented within a specific time frame, for the full implementation of the CRC. Among the topics of ongoing research is the inclusion of an "Endgame" strategy, already adopted by a growing number of countries, in the implementation of the CRC.
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