Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2010
Abstract
The author presents a comparative analysis of the legal approaches to regulate Second Hand Smoke (SHS) in Brazil and the United States. Part II reviews the FCTC, its objective to achieve smoke-free public places, and the legal framework supporting freedom from SHS as a human right. Parts III and IV examine Brazil’s top down and the United States’ bottom up approaches to regulating SHS through legislative and judicial measures. Part V presents a comparative analysis of the two approaches and offers recommendations based on lessons learned from each approach. Because neither approach is perfect, Part V also discusses the role that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Inter-American Court on Human Rights can play to protect the fundamental right of nonsmokers to a smoke-free environment, regardless of their domestic laws.
Recommended Citation
Warren, Leigh. “Regulating Secondhand Tobacco Smoke in the Americas: A Comparison of the Top Down and Bottom Up Approaches in Brazil and the United States.” American University Health Law & Policy, Spring 2010, 35-47.