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Developing countries take the lead on WHO convention
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The World Health Organization FCTC took another step forward in May at
the second meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB 2).
At the beginning of the week, the prognosis was gloomy. Tobacco control
activists and experts alike were shaking heads about elements of the
negotiating text prepared by the chair of the process in January, Mr
Celso Amorin. A proposal to ban advertising targeted at under 18s drew
especially hostile fire. The text also conflicted with the findings of
a WHO expert meeting on product regulation in several places and there
was excessive focus on youth prevention measures and weak
anti-smuggling provisions. On top of that, the text proposed that
"health" should carry the burden of proof in case of "trade"
conflicts
subordinating the FCTC to the World Trade Organization
agreements. How such a departure from the evidence base could find its
way into a document central to the
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