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UPDATES FROM THE THIRD SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATING BODY INB3 NOVEMBER 2001.

The third round of negotiations were held in Geneva from November 22 to November 28 2001. ASH was there to represent the rights of the non smoking majority.

U.S. Continues to Oppose Smoking Ban in Private Workplaces
As it did at the previous round of negotiations, the U.S. delegation Thursday continued to oppose a ban on smoking in private workplaces during discussion of the secondhand smoke provisions of the FCTC. The U.S. did support prohibiting smoking in "enclosed public places, public transport and indoor premises of government agencies." However, in place of a ban, the U.S. called for "the promotion of systematic protection from exposure to tobacco smoke in restaurants and indoor private workplaces." This position stood in contrast to the strong support expressed for a total ban on workplace smoking by a large number of countries. U.S. advocates expressed concern that there is no scientific basis for the U.S. position and that it would establish a two-tiered system of protection from secondhand smoke that would aid efforts by the tobacco industry and its allies to fight enactment of clean indoor air measures across the globe, said Laurent Huber from Action on Smoking and Health in Washington. While government employees would be protected from the dangers of secondhand smoke, which is a proven cause of cancer and other diseases, most private sector employees would be left to a discretionary standard of "systemic protection."

PROTECTION OF NON SMOKERS. TEXT THAT WILL BE NEGOTIATED AT THE NEXT INTER NEGOTIATING BODY MEETING NEXT SPRING

TREATY UPDATE: ADVOCATES CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC

THE US AT THE THIRD INTER NEGOTIATING MEETING OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL

US TEXTUAL PROPOSAL ON PROTECTION OF NON SMOKERS DURING INB3

TOBACCO LITIGATION AND THE FCTC

The positions and proposals presented by governments during the second round of talks have been incorporated in a revised draft text called the 'Co-Chairs draft'. This new draft for the FCTC includes a wide range of amendments for discussion this week.

Read ASH's papers presented at INB3 What You Must Know About Including ETS in the FCTC:
20 Questions Which Can Help Save 20 Millions Lives

ASH writes in the FCA Bulletin http://www.fctc.org/Issue_16.pdf
http://www.fctc.org/Issue_14.pdf

Henry Waxman, the ranking Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee, "accused the Bush administration... of marching in lock-step with Big Tobacco to undermine or eliminate serious global regulations to curb tobacco use. Read about it

ASH Writes in the Alliance Bulletin