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[India] Tobacco board opposes FCTC draft guidelines

The draft guidelines and recommendations of the World Health Organisation?s FCTC will be discussed at the fifth Conference of Parties at Seoul . . . "We will observe 'World Tobacco Growers Day' on October 29 this year as a day of protesting against the
Business Standard (in)
added Oct 21, 2012 16:51
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[Australia, Canada] DEWHIRST: Price and tobacco marketing strategy: lessons from ‘dark’ markets and implications for WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

In such ‘dark’ markets, tobacco companies have shifted much of their promotional dollars towards the retail sector and pricing has become an ever more important part of tobacco firms’ marketing strategies.
Tobacco Control
added Oct 1, 2012 08:48
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EDITORIAL: Who Wants Tobacco Business Dead in Africa?

if the concern of ITGA and tobacco farmers is that the FCTC will take away farmers' livelihood . . . If the concern of WHO FCTC is to reduce the burden of tobacco use, and prevent the death of millions of users and make plans for better alternative to t
Africa News (nl)
added Jul 10, 2012 14:51
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[Asia, Sri Lanka] Tobacco company lures 110000 into smoking

Against a backdrop of delays in making pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs mandatory, almost 110, 000 new smokers have taken up smoking within the last five years, The Nation learns. Senior House Officer at the National Cancer Institute, Mahara
The Nation (lk)
added Apr 7, 2013 00:55
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[Korea - South] Eye on Tobacco Industry

PHOTO CAPTION: The tobacco industry representatives wait in line for daily “public” badges during negotiations for the FCTC.
ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) (us)
added Nov 20, 2012 23:36
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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
Yonhap News Agency (kr)
added Nov 18, 2012 19:54
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[Korea - South] Session of parties to WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control holds 12-17 Nov

The Fifth Session of the Conference of Parties (COP5) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) will hold in Seoul, South Korea, 12-17 Nov.
Afriquenligne (fr)
added Nov 7, 2012 08:59
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Re-define Tobacco Board of Zambia - State urged

Zambia Daily Mail (zm)
added Jan 30, 2012 00:00
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[Russia] Wall Street Analyst: Global Noose Tightening on Big Tobacco

Writing in Forbes, analyst Charles Sizemore concludes, "Though enforcement varies from country to country, there is really no such thing as a 'tobacco friendly' country anymore. Everywhere you look, the noose is getting tighter."
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Mar 20, 2013 00:27
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TOBACCO INDUSTRY INTERFERENCE: A GLOBAL BRIEF (PDF)

“Tactics aimed at undermining anti-tobacco campaigns, and subverting the WHO Framework Convention, are no longer covert or cloaked by an image of corporate social responsibility. They are out in the open and they are extremely aggressive.” Dr Margaret
World Health Organization (WHO)
added Nov 20, 2012 23:50
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