Wed, May 21, 2003 - Page 7 News List

WHO treaty worries tobacco makers

SECRET WAR Corporate documents show how hard cigarette makers tried to scuttle the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control or make it virtually useless

NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , GENEVAT

The company also sponsored programs to discourage teenagers from smoking, which antismoking campaigners have criticized as ineffective and perhaps even counterproductive, because they conveyed a message that smoking is for grown-ups rather than harmful for everyone.

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