Global Anti-Smoking Campaign Gets Under Way
February 8, 2008
The World Health Organization unveiled its most ambitious plan to limit the spread of smoking around the world yesterday, The Washington Post reports.
The campaign was boosted by the financial help of New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who gave $125-million over two years for global tobacco control and helped pay for the country-by-country survey that provided baseline data for the campaign’s report.
Among the efforts the organization will promote: enforcing smoke-free laws and raising the price of tobacco through taxes.
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