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Agreement reached on eliminating illicit trade in tobacco products
05.04.2012 08:17 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Agreement has been reached on a protocol to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products.
The agreement sets the rules for combating illicit trade in tobacco products, defines unlawful conduct and measures to be taken by various governments to cooperate in enforcing the new treaty.
More than 135 countries have been participating in the Inter-governmental Negotiating Body (INB) which has been working on the accord for the past four years.
Ian Walton-George, Chairman of the INB says illicit trade in tobacco poses a serious threat to public health and targets vulnerable people.
«Its a way of getting cheap cigarettes, illegal cigarettes into the hands of young people, poor people, people who are in a vulnerable position. And, of course, there is a huge profit to be made from the illegal trade in cigarettes. There is smuggling that is producing an illicit trade, and we wanted to make sure we can try and prevent the circulation of these illicit products. Lets just call them cigarettes but its actually tobacco products which are included,» emphasizes Walton-George.
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