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Bush Administration's Signing of Global Tobacco Treaty Called Public Relations Maneuver; Infact Skeptical that US Will Ratify Groundbreaking Treaty, Calls on US Senate to Act Decisively on Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 11-MAY-04
Format: Online - approximately 628 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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BOSTON, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bush Administration's decision to sign the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is the latest in a series of public relations maneuvers to gain positive recognition while working to undermine the world's first public health treaty, according to Infact, a membership organization that holds abusive corporations accountable. Throughout the FCTC negotiating process, the US government consistently took positions that would dilute the treaty at the expense of people's lives in the US and around the world.

"Infact is not encouraged by the news that the US is...

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