India, Jan. 3 -- The steep hikes in excise duties applicable to a range of tobacco products - the new rates will be applicable from February 1 - go beyond revenue calculations. They are a public health tool, as well, to fight tobacco-related diseases. This is in line with the international call to action against tobacco consumption. Heather Wipfli, a US-based political scientist, explores the movement against tobacco consumption in The Global War on Tobacco, with a focus on the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The book details how an unlikely proposal from civil society organisations acquired enough momentum to became a global public health treaty. It also discusses globalisation's impact, in terms of liberalisation of laws, FDI, etc, on the tobacco industry and the FCTC's interaction with, politics, legislation and economics of ratifying countries, through country case-studies....