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INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO NEWS

Group Asks Nigeria Government to Halt Rapport with Tobacco Companies [10/05/02]

August 1st, 2002: Protest in New York Against the US Delegation's Destructive Role in FCTC Negotiations [07/19/02]

American Lung Association and Tobacco Free Kids Disapointed by New Draft [07/16/02]

UN Health Agency Releases Tobacco Treaty Draft [07/16/02]

WHO Issues Draft of Treaty Controlling Tobacco [07/19/02]

WHO Presents Revised Draft of Tobacco Treaty [07/19/02]

BAT Intent on Underming FIFA's Tobacco Free Policy in Niger [05/20/02]

World Cup Tobacco Ads Draw Protests [05/14/02]

Thai authorities have Marlboro Man fuming [05/14/02]

Rwandans smoke 2 million sticks a day [05/02/08]

Tobacco Accused of Violating Iraq Embargo [05/10/02]

Thailand to Adopt Graphic Health Warnings on Cigarettes Packets [05/06/02]

Addicting the World [05/06/02]

Global Camel Campaign Kicks Off As Tobacco-Control Efforts Gain [04/02/02]

Big Tobacco Cut Down to Size, yet Again [04/02/02]

FIFA tells tobacco company to butt out [04/02/02]

Canadians Overwhelmingly Support Graphic Cigarette Warnings [04/01/02]

Report on the Rave and Soul Street Jam [03/30/02]

India Leads SE Asia Towards Health in Debate on Tobacco [03/29/02]

Tobacco Treaty Negotiations Stall As U.S. Continues Efforts to Weaken Key Provisions [03/25/02]

INB4 Negotiations Update [03/23/02]

Majority of Nations Support Strong Treaty But Small Minority Hamper Progress [03/23/02]

WHO Tobacco Control Talks Threaten to Stall - Reuters Health [03/22/02]

Tobacco giants accused of tricks [03/23/02]

Framework Convention Update [03/20/02]

WHO backs lawsuits against tobacco giants [03/19/02]

WHO offers help to sue tobacco firms [03/19/02]

WHO urges lawsuits in battle against tobacco - Financial Times [03/19/02]

Tobacco company attacked over lobbying tactics [03/19/02]

Tobacco industry accused of foul practice [03/18/02]

New Report Exposes Philip Morris’s Efforts To Undermine International Tobacco Control Treaty [03/18/02]

UN May Help Governments Take Legal Action vs Tobacco Companies [03/18/02]

New talks on tobacco treaty begin - WHO warns of explosion of smoking-related deaths [03/18/02]

FCA Updates [03/18/02]

New Tobacco Reduction Talks Resume [03/18/02]

Fourth round of FCTC negotiations begin in Geneva [03/18/02]

Declaration by the Latin American and the Caribbean Countries on the FCTC [03/07/02]

TOBACCO TREATY NEGOTIATIONS SHIFT INTO HIGH GEAR [03/06/02]

REPORT ON 3RD AFRO INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING ON
THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL [03/01/02]

AFRO Committed to a strong FCTC [02/28/02]

More Tobacco Means More Cigarettes On The Market [02/26/02]

Uganda is Promoting Tobacco [02/20/02]

WHO European Ministerial Conference for a Tobacco-free Europe [02/19/02]

Europe moving at the speed of its slowest member in controlling tobacco [02-15-02]

Bangladeshi smokers support tobacco control laws and tobacco tax
increases [02/15/02]

Tobacco Advertising in Cambodia [02-15-02]

World Bank Issues Tobacco Policy Statement in Turkey [02-10-02]

Wal-Mart Removes Marlboro Advertising in Mexico [02-10-02]

Send A letter To Walmart Asking them To Stop Displaying Billboards Advertising Cigarettes in Less Developed Countries [12/30/01]

Gutkha ban is difficult as it is considered a food product [12/07/01]

Tobacco framework talks make progress, but much work remains [12/07/01]

Support grows for large, picture-based health warnings [12/07/01]

Positions Taken by the United States During INB3 [11/29/01]

After U.S. Objects, World Fails to Agree to Curb Smoking Ads [11/29/01]

Tobacco Control Talks Make Progress [11/29/01]

India's tough stand on tobacco control [11/29/01]

Anti-tobacco activists welcome US report [11/29/01]

Study: Light Cigarettes Not Better [11/29/01]

Election 2000 Replay: Framework Convention Negotiations End on Surreal
Note [11/28/01]

Tobacco Treaty Negotiations Make Progress Despite Continued U.S. Efforts to Weaken Key Provisions [11/28/01]

Tobacco Treaty Talks Pit Wealthiest Countries Against Developing World: US, Japan, and European Union Work To Undermine Real Progress [11/28/01]

Most Nations Will Agree by 2003 to Ban Tobacco Ads, WHO Says [11/28/01]

International tobacco treaty being drafted - HeartCenterOnline [11/28/01]

Philippines Takes A Strong Position On FCTC [11/27/01]

INB3 Updates [11/26/01]

EMRO countries support a strong Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). [11/25/01]

India Supports Tobacco Control Over Trade [11/25/01]

Talks, and Accusations, Resume Over a World Tobacco Treaty [11/25/01]

Indigenous People Shape Their Future in the FCTC [11/24/01]

Indians Favor Strong International Tobacco Control Efforts [11/24/ 01]

Pivotal Time in Interantional Tobacco Control [11/23/01]

Global Tobacco Control Treaty To Take Precedence Over Trade Discussions In Tobacco Subsidy Issues [11/23/01]

Health and Sports Officials Join in World Fight Against Smoking - New York Times [11/23/01]

WHO Seeks End To Tobacco Ads At Major Sport Events - Wall Street Journal/AP [11/22/01]

Cambodian Government Delegation Expressed Support For FCTC [11/22/01]

Canada to take part in third round of negotiations on International Tobacco Control convention - Health Canada [11/21/01]

Strong FCTC Crucial for Safeguarding Consumers’ Rights [11/21/01]

INB3 Updates [11/21/01]

US NEGOTIATORS FOR THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL PROMOTE PHILIP MORRIS'S POINTS OF VIEW [11/20/01]

U.S. Negotiators Promoted Philip Morris's Changes to Global Tobacco Treaty - US House of Representatives/Committee on Government Reform/Minority Office

Report Offers New Evidence of Tobacco Industry Interference with Public Health Policy Globally - Infact/Business Wire [11/21/01]

Chinese Delegation Sets out for Negotiation at WHO [11/20/01]

Give Health a Chance [11/19/01]

Tobacco Free Sports [11/19/01]

Waxman Critical of President's Tobacco Stance - Los Angeles Times [11/19/01]

THE FCTC: Time to Celebrate? - INGCAT Update

INB3 Regional De-briefings: EMRO

Global tobacco control policies needed for a smoke-free world [11/17/01]

San Francisco Survey Shows Countries Looking to U.S. to Fight Big Tobacco [11/09/01]

Citizens from Four Continents Condemn Tobacco, Call for Tougher Regulation [11/06/01]

Member States Need To Take Action Against Tobacco Advertising [11/01/01]

Countries urge fund to battle tobacco use [11/01/01]

Thimphu Declaration on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [10/31/01]

Poor more vulnerable to tobacco [10/31/01]

Citizens Condemn Tobacco [10/30/01]

The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Catalyst for Change

British American Tobacco Markets Itself In Papua New Guinea [09/11/01]

Tobacco Companies Propose Weak Advertising Curbs [09/11/01]

Hong Kong Needs Help [09/10/01]

Poverty and Tobacco [09/10/01]

Tobacco and the Poor in Bangladesh [09/10/01]

Anti-Smoking Fight is Going Global [09/2001]

Nigerian Organizations Organize Tobacco Legislation Workshop [09/07/01]

More Examples of Big Tobacco Targeting Youth Around The World [09/05/01]

As of Jan. 31, 2002, Brazil Will Require Picture Based Warnings [09/05/01]

South African Tobacco Products Control Amendement Act [08/30/01]

Action Alert: Letters in support of TFI SAF games campaign [08/30/01]

Big Tobacco Markets to Children in the Developing World [08/24/01]

Free Cigarettes in Colombia [08/22/01]

Nigeria, Tobacco advertising: ERA advocates complete ban [08/21/01]

Kenyan Action Alert [08/22/01]

Panama Declaration of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [08/14/01]

Congressman Henry Waxman Criticizes the U.S. positions on Global Tobacco Treaty [08/03/01]

Top US Negotiator for Global Tobacco Treaty Quits [08/02/01]

Canada Weak on International Tobacco Treaty [05/24/01]

ASH to Address World Nonsmoker's Rights Conference in Berlin [05/07/01]

WHO & US Accused Of Selling Out [05/03/01]

Tobacco Treaty Talks Open in Geneva [05/01/01]

Tobacco Will Become the World's #1 Killer [04/02/01]

African States Support FCTC [03/20/01]

ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL NEWS FROM ASH.ORG