Transcript: Analysis: Deadline reached for global tobacco treaty [DP]

RENEE MONTAGNE
Morning Edition (NPR)
11-08-2005
Analysis: Deadline reached for global tobacco treaty [DP ]

Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

Today is the deadline for countries to ratify a new treaty that aims to reduce smoking around the world. One hundred countries, accounting for more than 70 percent of the world's population, have already ratified it. The United States has not. Public-health advocates say the treaty could have a major impact, especially in poor countries. NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports.

KATHLEEN SCHALCH reporting:

The majority of people who die from smoking-related illnesses now live in wealthy countries, but that will change. ...

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