Trade agreements and tobacco control : how WTO agreements may stand in the way of reducing tobacco use

(Disponible en anglais seulement.)

The globalization of tobacco - The WTO agreements - Implications for key tobacco control policies - Ending tobacco advertising and marketing - Health warnings and packaging requirements - Standards for tobacco products and exposure to them - Raising prices through taxation of tobacco products - Banning imports of foreign tobacco products - State monopolies - Economic alternatives - Conclusions - References.

http://policyalternatives.ca/documents/National_Office_Pubs/brief2_7.pdf

Comment: Many of the people I know who protest against globalization and the WTO are also smokers. I wish more of them thought about it as a political as well as a health issue.