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Ruth Roemer, JD, Allyn Taylor, JSD, JD and Jean Lariviere, MD

Ruth Roemer is with the UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, Calif. Allyn Taylor is with the University of Maryland School of Law, and the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. Jean Lariviere is with the International Affairs Directorate/Direction des Affaires Internationales Health Canada/Santé Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Allyn Taylor, JD, LLM, JSD, University of Maryland School of Law, 500 West Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD 21201 (e-mail: ataylor{at}law.umaryland.edu).

ABSTRACT

The World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control originated in 1993 with a decision by Ruth Roemer and Allyn Taylor to apply to tobacco control Taylor’s idea that the WHO should utilize its constitutional authority to develop international conventions to advance global health. In 1995, Taylor and Ruth Roemer proposed various options to WHO, recommending the framework convention-protocol approach conceptualized by Taylor.

Despite initial resistance by some WHO officials, this approach gained wide acceptance. In 1996, the World Health Assembly voted to proceed with its development. Negotiations by WHO member states led the World Health Assembly in May 2003 to adopt by consensus the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control—the first international treaty adopted under WHO auspices. The treaty formally entered into force for state parties on February 27, 2005.

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