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Article

26 Mar 2002

Author:
UN Wire

TOBACCO: Treaty Moving Ahead, Difficulties Remain, Talks Chairman Says

The chairman of World Health Organization talks on a proposed Framework Convention on Tobacco Control said yesterday that negotiations are moving ahead but that compensation for victims and farmers and a proposed advertising ban remain major points of contention...The WHO says tobacco-related diseases kill 4 million people annually and that the figure could reach 10 million by 2030, with 70 percent of deaths in developing countries