Action in Policies: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Marking a milestone for the war against smoking, the World Health Organ-isation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control came into force in 2005. The social risk of adolescents and the emergence of e-cigarettes pose a significant threat these days. The World Health Organisation endorses a multi-sectoral approach, in which the Health in All Policy may shed light on the way to a smoke-free community. This involves a top-down reform, including institutional changes and an integrated approach from multiple policy bureaux and local councils. The chapter proposes a red-light district model in managing tobacco, in which the government tightly regulates the right of use and access to tobacco products while realising its unhealthy nature. The health authority should learn from oversea practices, formulate their own policy and long-term roadmap, and ultimately progress towards a ‘zero smoke-free city’, or tobacco endgame, in maximising the social benefit, and physical and mental well-being.