A new report released by the World Health Organization finds that, even as the global toll of tobacco grows, most governments are falling short in implementing the policies required by the international tobacco control treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Writing in Newsweek to mark World Cancer Day, world champion cyclist, cancer survivor and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids board member Lance Armstrong joins with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in challenging the world to reduce preventable cancers.
A majority of countries that have ratified the international tobacco control treaty fail to provide adequate protection from the harms of secondhand smoke, according to a report from an alliance of more than 300 tobacco control organizations around the world.
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03 Feb 2010
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