GLOBAL TOBACCO CONTROL
In May 2003, the 192-member World Health Assembly unanimously adopted the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in an effort to curtail tobacco-related dis-ease and death worldwide. The FCTC proposes measures to reduce the demand for tobacco through advertising, price and tax policies and to reduce supply by, for example, prohibiting smuggling and sales to and by minors. We argue that the FCTC provides a model for multifaceted approaches to health improvement that require simultaneous progress on various dimensions.