Tobacco first, liquor next? Industry must act now to avoid disaster

7-Jun-2001

INTERNATIONAL. The entire travel-retail industry could be thrown into chaos if proposals by the World Health Organization (WHO) to ban the tobacco category are adopted under its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

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By Dermot Davitt

INTERNATIONAL. The entire travel-retail industry could be thrown into chaos if proposals by the World Health Organization (WHO) to ban the tobacco category are adopted under its

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