Countries Unite Against Tobacco Industry Interference

At the urging of Corporate Accountability International and its allies, representatives from 160 countries have adopted strong new guidelines to prevent Big Tobacco from interfering in health policy. The action took place at global tobacco treaty meetings this week in Durban.

• Read the press release.

Read some of the international press coverage:

• The Christian Science Monitor - Developing countries vow to shut door on Big Tobacco
• International Herald Tribune -- Tobacco treaty signers close to adopting measure
• The Economist -  Tobacco firms want the right to participate in global efforts to limit the lethal consequences of nicotine addiction - but 160 countries say no
  
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Photo: Staff and international allies march for health and corporate accountability to open the global tobacco treaty meetings.