WHO AND BIG TOBACCO COULD UNITE OVER CIGARETTE SMUGGLING
December 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission will press next year (2008) for major tobacco companies to actively participate in an anti-smuggling protocol to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The unlikely alliance was floated by EU anti-fraud Commissioner Siim Kallas at a Uruguay conference on oncoming talks about the protocol. He said: "Only through strong international cooperation can we succeed in this work. The Commission and European member states have set a precedent with the conclusion of the highly effective ...
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