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[Korea - South] WHO conference on tobacco control closes after six-day run
A six-day international conference on tobacco control ended Saturday after adopting a new international treaty aimed at rooting out illegal trade of tobacco products. About 140 participants adopted the "Protocol to Eliminate Lllicit Trade in Tobacco
Nov 17, 2012
Yonhap News Agency (kr)
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Nov 18, 2012 19:54
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[Korea - South] New international protocol adopted to combat illicit trade in tobacco products
The delegates of more than 140 Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) adopted a new international treaty Monday on 12 November, setting the rules for combating illegal trade through control of the supply chain and internatio
Nov 12, 2012
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Nov 16, 2012 17:37
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[Korea - South] Last chance in Seoul (PDF)
Today is the day when everything has to come together, if this COP session is to be a full success. So far, the only decision we’ve had in plenary was to adopt the Illicit Trade Protocol. But we still await a decision in Committee B on what will happen t
Nov 16, 2012
Framework Convention Alliance (ch)
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Nov 16, 2012 15:46
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[Korea - South] Korea Study Confirms Need For High Taxes on Cigarettes, Graphic Warnings on Packs, and Comprehensive Smokefree Laws
The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (the ITC Project) today revealed the results of a five-year study of the effectiveness of tobacco control policies in the Republic of Korea, where smoking related diseases kill more than 55,000 p
Nov 15, 2012
International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (the ITC Project)
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Nov 15, 2012 18:55
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[India, Korea - South] Soon, ban on cigarettes, tobacco may be for real
Nine years after its enactment, the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, (COTPA), 2003, it seems, would be enforced in letter and spirit.
Nov 15, 2012
Hindustan Times (in)
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Nov 15, 2012 11:01
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[Korea - South] Tobacco control: WHO Director-General addresses history-making conference
Address to the Fifth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Nov 12, 2012
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Nov 14, 2012 07:01
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[Korea - South] STIER: A wrong target on smoking
When the World Health Organization’s (WHO) tobacco control group meets in Seoul this week, it risks harming smokers who need help quitting. The group will consider bans on less harmful alternatives to cigarette smoking such as Swedish-style smokeless tob
Nov 12, 2012
Joong Ang Ilbo (kr)
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Nov 14, 2012 06:58
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[Korea - South] BATES: Open letter to delegates to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control COP-5
First do no harm – please do not agree to regulations, internationally or domestically, that deny smokers access to ways of taking nicotine with greatly reduced risk. . . . Delegates should insist on a broader assessment and should request an impartial
Nov 12, 2012
Clive Bates blog (uk)
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Nov 14, 2012 06:38
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[Korea - South] Important boost for duty-free tobacco
The illicit trade protocol has been adopted in Seoul without calls for a ban on duty-free tobacco sales
Nov 13, 2012
DFNI (uk)
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Nov 13, 2012 09:58
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[Korea - South, Philippines] Adopting FCTC in Seoul, signatories trounce Big Tobacco
Despite pressure tactics from the tobacco industry, ratifying countries unanimously adopted a landmark protocol to eliminate the illicit trade of tobacco, Corporate Accountability International said in a statement Tuesday. Such illicit trade undermines
Nov 13, 2012
GMANews.TV (ph)
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Nov 13, 2012 05:34