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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(7-Jun-2001) - INTERNATIONAL. The World Health Organization?s proposed ban on duty-free tobacco sales has gained strong support from many countries in Africa and southeast Asia. And retailers in these countries are being urged to act to convince their governments to help overturn the proposal in the WHO?s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
(13-Mar-2002) - The proposal to ban duty-free tobacco sales, contained within the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, has taken various forms throughout the campaign.
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(22-May-2003) - The World Health Assembly has adopted the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control unanimously and without change, according to campaigners attending the Geneva meeting
(15-Jun-2004) - The EU's health council has issued a decree suggesting its individual members ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

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