Inter Press Service: Should We Celebrate 10 Years of the Global Tobacco Control Treaty?
Laurent Huber, director of the Framework Convention Alliance

“February 27 will mark the 10th anniversary of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the first global public health treaty. Today the FCTC has 180 Parties, making it among the most widely adopted international instruments. … No one expected the FCTC to be an instant cure. At the outset, the curve of the epidemic was simply too steep to believe that, in 10 years’ time, it could be reversed. We’ve made great strides. … The FCTC is the beginning, not the end, of a long and purposeful journey” (2/18).