Nepal’s cancer society says 15,000 people die from tobacco consumption every year; it points a finger at the government, saying it is giving in to pressure from tobacco companies. Nepal has yet to sign the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, two years after promising to do so and to encourage smokers to cut back. Xinhua

Posted by :: Ellen Wallace on 20 October 2008 at 10:18 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 20 October 2008.

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