The challenge for Beijing: the 10th world conference on tobacco or health

摘要

International tobacco control workers have cause for modest celebration. Recent events in Britain, the United States, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, Western Australia, and New Zealand indicate the progress that is being made in controlling the devastating effects of the transnational tobacco industry. Even so, compared with the extent of the problem, progress is slow and limited to only a few wealthy countries. The 10th world conference on tobacco or health in Beijing this month comes at a critical time.