WHO TOBACCO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION SIGNATORIES MEETING SWITZERLAND
February 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FURTHER global restrictions on the tobacco industry are to be developed, the first Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has decided. Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, diplomats established working groups to develop legally binding protocols, using the convention as their authority, that further limit cross-border tobacco advertising and smuggling. Convention signatory governments also agreed to develop non-binding guidelines on establishing smoking-free places and on further ways ...
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