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Essential Action press releases
on GPTC and other international tobacco issues

Sample GPTC Press Releases

GPTC in the news...

BANGLADESH
"Dhaka Ahsania Mission becomes member of GPTC"
The Bangladesh Observer - Dhaka Sunday November 11, 2001
Iqbal Masud, Dhaka Ahsania Mission

BURUNDI
"Unissons nos efforts pour combattre le tabagisme"
Le Renouveau du Burundi - Friday/Saturday June 1 - 2, 2001
Nestor Bikorimana, Association Burundaise des Consommateurs

UNITED STATES

National

Cigarettes Butt In at World Cup Despite Tobacco-Marketing Ban
by Christopher Lawton, Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal


Uruguay Football Team Should End Tobacco Industry Affiliation
Statement of John Seffrin President Elect of International Union Against Cancer, June 24, 2002

Arizona
"Local Anti-tobacco advocate takes message to Uganda"
White Mountain Independent - Tuesday February 5, 2002
Barbara Bruce, Navajo Country Tobacco Education and Prevention Program

Minnesota
"Global Partnerships Against Tobacco"
Asian American Press - Friday March 8, 2002
Tom Laventure

Oregon
"Hood River Group Joins Global Tobacco Fight"
Hood River News - Wednesday May 30, 2001
Jerry Gabay, Nuestra Comunidad Sana

PAKISTAN
"Resistance to Tobacco Transnationals' week from today"
Business Recorder - Monday October 9, 2000
Tariq Parvez, Pakistan Society for Cancer Prevention

Essential Action
Global Partnerships for Tobacco Control

P.O. Box 19405 ~ Washington, DC 20036
Tel: +1 202-387-8030 ~ Fax: +1 202-234-5176
Email: tobacco@essential.org
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