Campaigners renew industry wake-up call on WHO threat

(14-Feb-2002) - INTERNATIONAL. Campaigners working to overturn the proposed ban on duty-free tobacco by the World Health Organization (WHO) have made fresh calls for support from the industry as the next round of talks in March approaches.

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(4-Nov-2003) - Though the news itself will not surprise many, the immediacy of South Africa's threat to duty-free tobacco sales has dealt a hammer blow to retailers and campaigners.

(31-May-2002) - INTERNATIONAL. The future of the $2.3bn duty-free tobacco business could be decided in the next few months, as campaigners urge a final push from retailers and stakeholders across all categories to save the business. The World Health Organization (WHO) proposes to ban duty-free tobacco sales through its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Speaking at a special forum on the issue in Singapore on May 23, International Travel Retail Confederation (ITRC) director-general Keith Spinks said: ?We?ve got one last chance to resolve this before the next round of WHO meetings in October.?

(20-Feb-2004) - The news of the World Health Organization?s (WHO) latest assault on duty-free tobacco, which broke as this issue went to press, took me back to my first days as a reporter on TRI sister magazine Duty-Free News International in 2000