In carrying out their obligations under this Convention, the Parties agree to have due regard to the protection of the environment and the health of persons in...respect of tobacco cultivation and manufacture within their respective territories....

For the purpose of tobacco control, the Parties shall consider taking legislative action or promoting their existing laws, where necessary, to deal with criminal and civil liability, including compensation where appropriate.

2. Parties shall cooperate with each other in exchanging information...in-cluding:

(a) information on the health effects of the consumption of tobacco products and exposure to tobacco smoke...and

(b) information on legislation and regulations in force as well as pertinent jurisprudence....

3. The Parties shall...afford one another assistance in legal proceedings relating to civil and criminal liability consistent with this Convention....

Part VII: Scientific and technical cooperation and communication of information

1. The Parties undertake to develop and promote research and to coordinate research programmes at the regional and international levels in the field of tobacco control...

2. The Parties shall establish, as appropriate, programmes for...surveillance of the magnitude, patterns, determinants and consequences of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke. Towards this end, the Parties should integrate tobacco surveillance programmes into national, regional and global health surveillance programmes so that data are comparable and can be analysed at the regional and international levels, as appropriate.

3. Parties recognize the importance of financial and technical assistance from international and regional intergovernmental organizations and other bodies....

4. The Parties shall, subject to national law, promote and facilitate the exchange of publicly available scientific, technical, socioeconomic, commercial and legal information, as well as information regarding practices of the tobacco industry and the cultivation of tobacco...and in so doing shall take into account and address the special needs of developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition.

Each Party shall endeavour to:

(a) progressively establish and maintain an updated database of laws and regulations on tobacco control and, as appropriate, information about their enforcement, as well as pertinent jurisprudence, and cooperate in the development of programmes for regional and global tobacco control...

(b) cooperate with competent international organizations to progressively establish and maintain a global system to regularly collect and disseminate information on tobacco production, manufacture and the activities of the tobacco industry which have an impact on the Convention or national tobacco control activities.