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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8412

4 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/tobacco
David Byrne hails "historic WHO agreement" on combatting dangers of smoking

Brussels, 03/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - In a press release issued at the weekend, Commissioner David Byrne, who is responsible for health and consumer protection, hailed the agreement reached at the end of the sixth World Health Organisation (WHO) negotiations on the world's first global Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The final text includes rules on taxing tobacco products, preventing and treating addiction, combatting contraband cigarettes, advertising and promotion. I will be...

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