[Graybeard58]

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[Sam Gamgee]

The WHO stats are pure and utter bs. The US should have nothing to do with "Don't spank your child" treaties, or "bow down and worship mother earth" treaties.

[andyk]

Early next year, governments will come together to determine how to implement and enforce the first ever global health treaty

Excellent. Another piece of international law that will enable a new bureaucracy, stifle markets, and accomplish absolutely nothing. Hip hip, hooray!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Actually this is good news.

Either ban the fricking product outright (and watch Americans rise up like their ancestors in the Revolutionary days) or leave it alone as it is a legal product.

Stop nickel-and-diming mofos to death!

[Publius6961]

The global tobacco treaty represents the first time the World Health Organization has used its mandate to make international law; the first international law to regulate an entire industry; the first international health agreement to recognize countries' right to prioritize health over trade and commercial interests; and the first accord to protect public health...

What mandate? I don't recall any referendum anywhere that can be defined as a mandate at any level. NGOs determined it all by themselves? Who voted for them? How is that a "mandate"?

Why is an "international law" needed at all?
Is not each and every country able to decide on its own to outlaw tobacco products without additional layers of corrupt bureaucratic leeches (think oil-for-food)?

Can't all countries exercise their right to prioritize health over commercial interests without the help of international busibodies whose only claim to fame is being able to support themselves by scamming countries who don't seem to know better?

Can someone explain to me how this is an improvement over doing nothing at all? How about the no-brainer: have each national legislature outlaw tobacco products. D'OH!

[Allosaurs_r_us]

This ought to work great! Prohibition did, didn't it?

Think I'll start stashin tobacco products away big time! In a few years the Black Market will make me a billionaire!

Just call me Al "Lucky Strike" Capone!

Idiots!!!!!! 

[Sam Hill]

I love that this was published by the Christian Science Monitor as news. They are simply a bunch of anti-American Communists:

While over 100 countries including Canada, Nigeria, Norway, India and even China have rushed to ratify the global tobacco treaty by November 8th--the ratification deadline to participate and vote at a critical upcoming treaty enforcement meeting--the U.S. has failed to act. This groundbreaking treaty will save millions of lives and change the way the tobacco industry operates globally.

So why hasn't the U.S. ratified? Clearly Big Tobacco still has a stranglehold over U.S. policy. Click here to take action urging the U.S. to join the rest of the world in saving lives by advancing the global tobacco treaty.

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