Attitudes towards FCTC Article 5.3 among tobacco control stakeholders in Thailand and their relationship with awareness of tobacco industry tactics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was developed to protect public health policies from tobacco industry interference. The guiding principles of Article 5.3 emphasise a fundamental conflict between the tobacco industry's interests and public health interests (principle 1) and recommend that the government be accountable and transparent (principle 2), demand accountability and transparency from the industry (principle 3), and refrain from providing incentives to the industry (principle 4). This study quantitatively explored attitudes towards Article 5.3's guiding principles and recommendations among Thai tobacco control stakeholders and whether they were associated with awareness of tobacco industry tactics.

Methods

We conducted a

SUBMITTER: Patanavanich R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11603716 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature