24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire / -- The world's first
tobacco control treaty, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), becomes binding international law on Sunday, 27
February 2005.

The treaty continues from now on to be open for ratification, acceptance
or approval for those countries that have signed, and is open for accession
for those that have not. The first session
has tentatively been scheduled for February 2006.int/tobacco/areas/framework/signing_ceremony/countrylist /en .

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Senior Manager
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press@researchandmarkets. Tobacco consumption is the single leading preventable
cause of death . The first session of the COP will take place within a year from the
date of entry into force, as specified in the convention.

For current status and full text of the WHO FCTC, please visit:
http://www.who.int/tobacco/en .

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(http://www. Every year, five million people die from tobacco-related
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World's First Anti-Smoking Treaty Becomes Law

In the Western Pacific Region alone, 3000 people die each day from
tobacco use," stated Dr Shigeru Omi, Director of WHO's Western Pacific Region.wpro.

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Any state that becomes a contracting party will be bound
by the treaty 90 days following the deposit of its instrument of ratification
(or equivalent) in the United Nations headquarters in New York.

For further information, please contact:

Burke Fishburn, Tobacco Free Initiative, WHO WPRO
Tel: +63-2-528-9894
Email: tfi_unit@wpro .

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The WHO FCTC was unanimously adopted by the Fifty-sixth World Health
Assembly in May 2003, following almost three years of negotiations.int

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The WHO FCTC is intended to control what has become the second biggest
killer of our time.
On 30 November 2004, the 40th country ratified the convention , triggering
a 90-day countdown for its entry into force.

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''The devastation caused by the tobacco pandemic dwarfs SARS and the
recent tsunami.

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One of the most rapidly embraced UN treaties of all time, the
WHO FCTC is aimed at improving global health by reducing tobacco consumption,
currently the cause of premature death for nearly 5 million people every year.
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Convention provisions set international standards on tobacco price and tax
increases, tobacco advertising and sponsorship, labelling, illicit trade and
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During
the year that followed, while it was open for signature, 167 countries and the
European Community signed, and 23 countries became contracting parties. The COP is expected to
determine further procedural and technical issues relating to its future
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Notes to editors:

The 40 contracting parties to the WHO FCTC as of 30 November 2004 were
Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cook
Islands, Fiji, France, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Japan, Jordan, Kenya,
Madagascar, Maldives , Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, New
Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama , Peru, Qatar, San Marino, Seychelles,
Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago
and Uruguay.

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Internet penetration levels are low in Eastern Europe when compared with
those in Western Europe and penetration levels have a strong relationship with
GDP per capita .
In the Western Pacific Region, 13 countries have ratified the convention.

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researchandmarkets .newscom. Tobacco is the only legal product
that causes the death of one half of its regular users . This means that of
the current 1. There is no deadline for countries to become
contracting parties.
The body that will govern the WHO FCTC is the Conference of the Parties
(COP).

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