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U.S. backs UN anti-tobacco pact. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
"Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson stunned global health advocates yesterday by announcing that the United States was dropping its objections to a global anti-tobacco treaty and would support the pact," reported the May 19th Washington Times. Speaking to reporters at ministerial meetings of the UN's World Health Organization in Geneva, Thompson declared: "I'm going to support it. Much to the surprise of many around the world, I'm going to be supporting the tobacco treaty."
As recently as March, the Bush administration refused to support the UN treaty, which would impose ...
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