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Article: China attaches great importance to tobacco control, says diplomat
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- February 7, 2006
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China attaches great importance to tobacco control, says diplomat
GENEVA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government attaches great
importance to tobacco control and has taken a lot of measures in this
respect, a senior Chinese diplomat said here on Tuesday.
"The Chinese government attaches great importance to the health of
people and tobacco control," said Sha Zukang, Chinese ambassador to
the United Nations Office in Geneva, at a tobacco control conference
of the World Health Organization (WHO).
"We have established a legal framework for tobacco control and
public health development, by publishing Law on Tobacco Monopoly,
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