Australian Society, System and Policies: FCTC for Tobacco Control

Australian society, system and policies

Australian society, system and policies 1
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Social policy introduced by Australian government..................................................................2
History behind this social policy................................................................................................2
Reasons behind social policy.....................................................................................................3
The effect and impact of Australian society..............................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
This report covers the main concern of tobacco faced by people in Australia. Thus a
health policy is developed to control the impact of tobacco consumption in life of an
individual. This report describes a policy that is used to solve all the problems related to
health. FCTC that is framework convention on Tabaco control is used to Australia to reduce
eth overall consumption of tobacco and the entire history of this policy is discussed. This
policy came into existence in 1991 and has impacted the entire society. This report covers the
reasons behind implementation of such social policies. The effect and impact of Australian
society because of this policy has also been listed below in this report.
Social policy introduced by Australian government
The social policy (FCTC), framework convention on Tobacco control policy was
designed by world health organisation. This policy was designed and used to protect the
present and future generation. This policy helps in removing all the social, environmental and
economic consequences of tobacco consumption (Greenland, Johnson & Seifi, 2016). The
rules and regulations were developed by Australian government for reducing the overall sale
and production of tobacco products. The consumption of tobacco is increasing day by day in
Australia thus this policy is used to remove the peer pressure from the society. The Australian
government has initiated such policies to resolve all the concerns and promote healthy
lifestyle among the people of Australia (Purcell, O'Rourke & Rivis, 2015). This policy stated
that tobacco control should be minimised by increasing the prices, deciding a legal age,
banned at public places, high taxes and promoting the health warnings. This policy helped the
Australia in achieving major objectives and also helped in reducing poverty, reducing child
mortality, improving maternal health and promoting environmental sustainability.
History behind this social policy
The social policy for Tabaco control in Australia was FCTC that was a framework
convention on Tabaco control that was adopted by the country on 21st may 1991. First of all
this policy was proposed in May 1996 to world health assembly (Purcell, O'Rourke & Rivis,
2015). The policy got rectified again on 27 February, 2005. The Australian government
banned the consumption of Tabaco by the use of media in 1976 and strict laws and policies