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Negotiators take aim at tobacco smuggling 

"We have not yet achieved an effective and workable protocol," said Laurent Huber, director of the Framework Convention Alliance, comprising more than 350 non-government organizations working on a global tobacco treaty. "We look forward to continuing to work with governments until they can agree to an effective tool to curb the illicit trade of tobacco products, a global curse that robs governments of uncollected tax revenues (and) promotes the consumption of tobacco products, which in turn leads to premature death and disease. Governments must and should come together to solve it."

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