WHO for global tobacco treaty

  • 22/10/1998

  • Business Line (New Delhi)

The new Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Mr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, has called for an international treaty to control advertising, taxation, foreign sales and package design of tobacco. The WHO's suggestion comes amid reports that tobacco giants are targeting developing countries with fantastic results to make up for falling market shares in the US and other developed nations where the anti-tobacco campaigns have shown some success.