Review of Public Administration and Management

Abstract

Reinforcing Tobacco Control Policy for Women and Adolescent: Now More than Ever

Myung-Bae Park

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends enforcement of tobacco control as a top-priority public health policy issue in illness prevention. Smoking is one of the most powerful risk factors affecting health; it can lead to disease and death, is a cause of many illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, respiratory infections, etc.; around 6 million people die each year due to smoking. Moreover, smoking causes diverse and serious direct and indirect social burdens. Worldwide, 168 countries have signed the 2005 Framework Convention Alliance for Tobacco Control (FCTC) to enforce policies for tobacco control and to reduce smoking rates, and this is the very first convention in the field of health.