Posted on 02/26/2005 11:34:18 PM PST by FairOpinion
...the World Health Organization's tobacco control treaty comes into force on Sunday.
It is regarded as smoking's answer to the Kyoto agreement - only with teeth.
Ratified by 57 countries, including the UK, the document sets out a programme to reduce the number of people smoking across the world.
Under its terms governments have promised to introduce smoking bans, tobacco advertising restrictions and health warnings on cigarette packets, draw up anti-smuggling strategies and agree to increase tax on tobacco sales.
More than 100 other countries have also signed the treaty, but will not be bound by its restrictions until they agree to ratify it.
Only 10 of the EU's 25 states have ratified the treaty even though under European legislation health warnings are placed on all cigarette packets and a total ban on advertising in print and on-line comes into force in July.
And he said that as the US - home to many of the leading cigarette manufacturers - had not ratified the treaty, the tobacco industry could exploit loopholes to push their interests abroad.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Unfortunately the US did sign on to it...........HOWEVER.......Bush has NOT sent it to Congress for ratification. It goes into effect without our ratification because on 40 countries needed to ratify it for it to take effect.
I just pinged you!!!
GMTA!
Great post #16.
That's the truth. :)
Once we have banned everything unsafe, un-environmental, sexist, violent, indecent, mean to animals...... the world will be a boring, yet safe place for liberals and wimps to live.
Red6
BTTT!!!!!!
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yeah.....if anything they should ban sugar and trans fatty acids......they probably kill more people over the long run due to immune system weakness and sugar overprolifertaing the bad bacteria in the gut
Actually, they are moving into the enforcement stage.
when the UN can put even a small dent in terrorism I may just listen to their dribble......until then, they are just good food handlers
I'm really against screwing because I've seen too many lives ruined and too many machines damaged by the arrogant behavior of screwers, but even screwers sometimes reform.
LOLOLOLOL - Demolition Man!
I would love to know how you did blinking changing thingy in your sentence.
There is much it/they could be doing, but rather choose to play around with somehting that brings them $$$ and ink, but does nothing to deal with real problems.
impressive posts......doesn't seem to amaze me anymore that common sense is not on the list of prerequistes to be in the UN
One of my favorite movies.
Di Giovanni Tommaso, a spokesman for Philip Morris, the world's largest cigarette manufacturer, said: "We look forward to continuing to work with governments on making sure different regulatory systems complement each other.
"We sell our products in more than 160 countries and in all of them we target adults and support regulation of the industry."
When FO supported Arnold, she was warned that she was signing onto the Sierra Nevada Conservancy. Such is exactly the type of regional governance specifically advocated in the UN CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.
Even though the US rejected the treaty, it is being implemented anyway by globo-socialist politicians like Arnold. You can bet the State's creditors buying our bond debt stipulated this kind of straitjacket for them to manipulate for fun and profit.
I wouldn't want to deprive you of yet another opportunity to learn penitence.
You just had to bring Arnold into this.
You are getting to be like the liberals: everything is Bush's fault.
According to you, everything is Arnold's fault.
I have to complain to him about the small earthquake last night, that he caused. (/sarcasm) (There really was a 2.9 earthquake in So. CA)
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