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Parties Approve Article 8 Smokefree Guidelines

Yesterday was an exciting day of the 2nd Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC COP2), Bangkok. Committee A unanimously agreed to adopt the draft guidelines on the protection from exposure to tobacco smoke (Article 8).

Our voices have been heard: Article 8 guidelines approved

Dear friends, Your voices have been heard!  On Tuesday, July 3, 2007 -- during the Conference of the Parties -- the Conference Committee A approved the draft guidelines for Article 8 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, concerned with protection against secondhand smoke.