WHO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION
February 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORNAFTER four years of negotiation a binding international tobacco control treaty has been agreed by the 171 member states of the World Health Organisation. The final, and acrimonious, round of talks on a text for the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ended on February 28. The final convention covers tobacco taxation, smoking prevention and treatment, illicit trade, advertising, sponsorship and promotion, and product regulation. Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, outgoing director-general of the WHO, said it was a "major step forward for health ...
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