Abstract
Right to health is one of the fundamental human rights in international human right system. This right possessed a stable position in various treaties and international conventions. Based on this right, everyone has the right to reach the highest standard of physical and mental health which includes all medical services, public sanitation, enough food, suitable accommodation, healthy atmosphere of work and healthy environment. Governments are obliged to promote the right to health whether in citizens or non-citizens. Effective restriction on tobacco products requires national, local and international cooperation. In international level, the universal convention of World Health Organization has the regulations related to control of tobacco products business. Accordingly, Iran has joined to the convention thus its articles are binding inside the country. In addition to this regulation, producing and distributing tobacco products in Iran have followed by some principals and rules including: I) Producing of every type of tobacco product gained monopoly by government, II) The necessity of inserting logo and health warning messages on pocket, III) All of tobacco products must be packed in pockets with serial number and the particular label of Iran tobacco products, IV) Limitation of selling tobacco products to under aged people (under 18).
Highlights
Right to health is one of fundamental human rights in international human right system
There is no mentioning in the charter regarding to right to health, its 55 article obliges the organization to promote "higher standard of life" and find "solutions of international issues regarding to health"
From 1998 the program of tobacco products restriction was placed in priority of world health organization programs and teamwork was created for editing framework of tobacco restriction treaty which led to approved international tobacco products convention in 2003
Summary
Right to health is one of fundamental human rights in international human right system This right possessed a stable position in various treaties and international conventions and can be included in total principal of accepting legal systems. Whatever magnified the necessity of this study is the inevitable conflict of right to health and tobacco products. It means what measures have been considered for struggling with tobacco products threat. Legal measures in promoting of people right to health and proceedings of proctor organization in protecting and prosecuting of health manifestation violators were assayed, in the other hand, the emerged challenge on health due to the tobacco products regulation was investigated either, and some strategies were presented to tackle these challenges
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