History of WHF involvement with FCTC

As an advocate of putting cardiovascular disease and its risk factors on the global health agenda, the World Heart Federation is a natural ally of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) initiative and strongly calls on its member organizations to be involved in the implementation.

Read more about the World Heart Federation's support for the FCTC:

Message from the President
Highlights of FCTC

Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB)
INB3: World Heart Federation proposed position on the FCTC
INB4: World Heart Federation interventions
INB4: WHF participants
INB5: NGO interventions
INB6: Letter to Ambassador Luiz Felipe de Seixas Correa
Chair's text of FCTC
WHF comments on the Chair's text

Read the report on the Second Session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) - WHO FCTC - 31 January to 4 February 2005. INB6 Report

Members’ involvement
The Federation encouraged its member organizations to contact government officials to request that they adopt the Treaty. To do so, the member organizations could use the following model letter:
Model letter to Government Officials

Some members took this step, as the Turkey and Brazil examples show:

Turkey:

The Turkish Heart Foundation wrote to the President, Prime Minister and the Minister of Health in Turkey, urging for Turkey’s signature of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Turkey signed in April 2004.    See the letter from the Turkish Heart Foundation.

Brazil:

Following FCTC discussions at the Preventive Cardiology conference in Iguassu, in May 2005, a document was sent to all the Brazilian senators asking them to ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. It goes on to list some considerations regarding tobacco addiction and tobacco industry. The document was ratified in November 2005.
Read the Portuguese version

Mirror signatures

At a WHO informal meeting on Health Professional Organizations and Tobacco Control, it was decided to create a list of "mirror signatures" to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. This list was opened for signature by all international organizations and their national members as well as affiliates. A web site is dedicated to this, including a form to be signed.
The WHF has signed it and recommends its members to do likewise. It can be used to mobilize media and other NGOs within our members’ countries