Formation and Development of International Legal Approaches to Regulating the Circulation of Tobacco Products
Keywords:
international law, namely international treaties, agreements, and authoritative sources of interpretation of the said international rulesAbstract
Despite being subject to some of the most stringent international regulations of any consumer product, tobacco nonetheless circulates with relative freedom across borders, raising some very basic questions about the efficacy and coherence of international legal regulation. Despite being widely regarded as the leading cause of preventable death, international law still falters where the need to protect public health has to be weighed against trade liberalization and intellectual property norms
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