by EPHA | Jun 18, 2003 | Uncategorized
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is open for signatures from 16 June 2003 on, and several countries have already signed the document. Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner David Byrne and the Greek Council Presidency were among the first to sign... by EPHA | May 21, 2003 | Uncategorized
The EU agreed last Thursday 15 May to ratify the world’s first anti-tobacco treaty despite German objections to the planned restrictions on advertising, leaving the United States in an isolated holdout. The landmark tobacco control accord has been adopted on... by EPHA | Mar 1, 2003 | Uncategorized
After four years, the negotiations by the 192 Member States of the WHO have resulted in an agreement for a groundbreaking treaty on tobacco control. The Treaty will be submitted to the World Health Assembly in May 2003 for approval. This first international health...
