Health News from Medical News Today: Tobacco Industry Efforts To Weaken Global Health Treaty Must Be Stopped

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Tobacco Industry Efforts To Weaken Global Health Treaty Must Be Stopped 31 May 2011, 12:00 am A legally binding treaty [1] to curb the devastating global tobacco epidemic has had amazing successes since its implementation six years ago, yet but more could be achieved if lobbying activity by the tobacco industry to undermine the treaty was curtailed, said ASH to mark World No Tobacco Day 2011. [2] The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) entered into force in 2005. Today it has 172 Parties representing about 87 per cent of the world's population, which makes it one of the most successful ever United Nations treaties... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.