Global Alliance for Tobacco Control

GATC is an Alliance of NGOs and civil society organizations from countries around the world helping to develop and implement the world’s first global to***co treaty, the WHO’s Framework Convention on To***co Control (WHO FCTC). To help combat to***co’s insidious global grip, the Global Alliance for To***co Control (Formerly the Framework Convention Alliance) works to unite the global to***co contr

ol community and serve as the voice of civil society to accelerate progress on implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on To***co Control (FCTC). We also work to integrate to***co control in the global health and development agendas. The WHO FCTC requires countries (known as Parties) that endorse the treaty to adopt measures that reduce the devastating health, environmental, and economic impacts of to***co. These measures include:
• Strong legislation on to***co advertising, promotion, and sponsorship.
• Mandatory warning labels on cigarette packs.
• Smoke-free public places.
• Strict regulations on to***co product contents.
• Higher to***co taxes.
• Fighting to***co smuggling globally.
• Increasing and promoting to***co prevention, cessation, and research programs. GATC supports governments that sign the treaty, works to ensure the treaty’s measures are implemented by governments that become Parties, and advocates for including to***co control in global health and development agendas. Help spread the word about to***co’s devastating effects on people’s health, the environment, and the economy by adding this page to your favourites or sharing this page with friends and colleagues.