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ASH: New evidence on smuggling
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New Straits Times
04-16-2000
ASH: New evidence on smuggling
Byline: Prof Dzulkifli Abdul Razak
Edition: New Sunday Times; 2*
Section: Focus
Column: Poison control
EARLIER this month, tobacco control advocates from both government and non-government organisations in the region met in Thailand.
Various issues were discussed, ranging from tobacco advertising to taxation, from the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention Tobac...
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