CHICAGO, August 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Tobacco control experts from four continents will hold a media briefing on the proposed international tobacco treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, during the World Conference on Tobacco OR Health, being

The 191 member nations of the World Health Organization will begin formal negotiations on the Framework Convention this October in Geneva, marking the first time that the WHO has invoked its treaty-making authority. Tobacco-related disease currently kills some four million people worldwide each year. If current trends continue, by 2030, ten million per year will die from tobacco-related disease. The briefing is sponsored by the Framework Convention Alliance, the international alliance of non-governmental organizations working to build support for the Convention. The CAMPAIGN FOR TOBACCO-FREE KIDS is a member of the alliance. Who: Judith P. Wilkenfeld, Director, Framework Convention Initiative, CAMPAIGN FOR TOBACCO-FREE KIDS, USA Mary Assunta Kolandai, Media Officer, Consumers' Association of Penang, Malaysia Emma Must, International Campaign Manager, Action on Smoking and Health, United Kingdom Dr. Yussuf Saloojee, Executive Director, National Council Against Smoking, South Africa What: Media Briefing on Framework Convention on Tobacco Control When: Thursday, August 10, 2000, 10 A.M. (CDT) Where: Joliet Room, Chicago Hilton & Towers 720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Media registration is available at the World Conference on Tobacco OR Health web site at http://www.WCTOH.org/news_media.html.

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