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A step-by-step guide to giving up. |
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How
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QUIZ | 成人论坛's Kick The Habit campaign cooks up a cigarette |
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The tobacco industry employs millions of people worldwide but it produces a product that has serious health implications. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that every minute, eight people die from tobacco-related disease. By the year 2030, it foresees 10m people will be dying every year.WHO is now negotiating the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, a tough treaty which it aims to complete by 2003. If ratified, FCTC is likely to restrict tobacco marketing, advertising and sponsorship. This website helps you to understand the health, political and economic issues at stake as tobacco goes on trial. |
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| It sounds like the biggest contradiction but cigarette companies in America are spending millions of dollars on anti-smoking advertising. |
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NON-SMOKERS HOOKED ON TOBACCO |
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Indian doctors are worried about the surging popularity of chewable or smokeless tobacco, particularly among the young. |
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After the fall of communism over a decade ago, the big western tobacco companies moved into Eastern Europe to carve out new markets for their brands. |
Tobacco On Trial initiative.
