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The United States' Engagement In Global Tobacco Control: Proposals For Comprehensive Funding And Strategies, Thomas J. Bollyky, Lawrence O. Gostin

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Tobacco use kills more people annually than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. Unless action is taken, tobacco-related diseases will kill hundreds of millions more in coming decades, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. Beyond its effects on morbidity and mortality, tobacco use has dramatic social and economic consequences, consuming healthcare budgets, robbing families of their primary wage earners, and hindering economic development. Tobacco consumption is shifting from industrialized to developing countries, spurred by rising incomes, trade liberalization, and intensive marketing.

Although Congress empowered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco domestically, the United States has failed to lead …