This report aims to provide a global evidence review on the impact of the WHO FCTC on the implementation of tobacco control legislation and the effectiveness of those implementations. Working drafts of the report served as a reference document to support the preparation of the Impact Assessment Expert Group’s Report to the COP. The content in this report is current as of 29 June 2016, which corresponds with the time of completion of the Expert Group’s Impact Assessment Report to COP7. Any major updates that occurred during the time period between the completion and release of this report (29 June 2016 to October 2016) are indicated in footnotes, where appropriate.

Further information about the WHO FCTC Impact Assessment and links to materials produced for the Expert Group are available on the WHO FCTC Impact Assessment website at http://www.who.int/fctc/implementation/impact/en/.

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