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Jump to full article: Radio Taiwan International (RTI) (tw), 2007-10-18
Intro: A major symposium on tobacco control has launched in Taipei. The 8th Asia Pacific Association for the Control of Tobacco convention opened on Thursday.
The three-day event has brought to Taipei experts from 40 countries, including the chairman of the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Hatai Chitanondh.
Chitanondh said the WHO regulation went into effect in February, 2005. It is the only public health regulation with the power of international law. Signatories are required to take actions to ban indoor smoking and smoking at work. They also pledge to take steps to control tobacco hazards.
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