The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Protocol on the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products is being negotiated in Geneva between June 28 and July 5
30.06.2009 11:46
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Protocol on the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products is being negotiated in Geneva between June 28 and July 5
Illicit trade in cigarettes costs lives and robs governments of $40.5 billion in lost revenue every year. These costs fall disproportionately on low and middle income countries.
For updates, factsheets, daily bulletins and reports released for the intergovernmental negotiating body (INB-3) of the Protocol, visit http://www.fctc.org/
View the the Guardian article “Developing world faces black market cigarette plague” >