Voice of America: New Treaty Aims to Combat Illicit Tobacco Trade

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

New Treaty Aims to Combat Illicit Tobacco Trade Nov 12th 2012, 11:04 Anti-smoking groups are hailing a new international treaty to combat the illicit tobacco trade. Representatives of governments and international organizations Monday, meeting in South Korea, unanimously approved the protocol. The action came on the first day of a meeting of the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).   The protocol creates a new global system requiring non-removable tracking codes on each pack of cigarettes. That is meant to make it ... Media files: 2B5B4DA1-75FB-4F2D-87EE-DE2740C9865B_cx0_cy7_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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