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To: long-gone who wrote (6207)	5/4/2001 9:37:15 AM
From: Theo Karantsalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6439

Behind every great fortune lies a crime They are "expected to call for big increases in cigarette prices which would be the same everywhere in the world" so that they can effectively increase their profits through taxation. We pull the strings. They are just our puppets. Theo Karantsalis

To: long-gone who wrote (6207)	5/12/2001 10:10:33 PM
From: Z Analyzer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6439

<<According to the Libertarians, representatives from 190 governments are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, this week to negotiate a multi-national treaty called the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. It's expected to call for big increases in cigarettes prices, which would be the same everywhere in the world; severe restrictions on cigarette advertising; and maybe multi-billion dollar lawsuits to hold tobacco companies "responsible" for tobacco-related health problems. The World Health Organization wants the treaty ratified by U.N. member nations by 2003.>> Anyone know how large a threat this is or what happened at the meeting. If ohter companies follow the feeding at the trough done by the States in the US, it would not bode well for tobacco. I guess the difference is that the companies could pull out of countries that got to threatening, while that wasn't an option in the US.