"The developing countries are very interested in this protocol and treaty issues because they in a way are taking the burden of the heightened regulations in the west."
Key decisions are also expected on the interference of the tobacco industry, packaging of products with picture-based health warnings, and tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship.
The existing FCTC agreement, signed in February 2005, aims to rein in the estimated five million annual deaths caused by smoking, which the WHO says will double by 2020 if nothing is done.
Source-AFP
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