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“I think his own statements are correct,”
Gro Harlem Brundtland
“Tobacco has to be addressed and fought now because the children and young people of Asia are becoming influenced.”
“The burden of disease falls on the poor.”
“This is an extremely significant step for international public health,”
“This is a historic moment in global public health, demonstrating the international will to tackle a threat to health head on,”
“Now we must see this convention come into force as soon as possible and countries must use it as the basis of their national tobacco-control legislation.”
“We have seen SARS stopped dead in its tracks,”
“This syndrome, SARS, is now a worldwide health threat, ... The world needs to work together to find its cause, cure the sick and stop its spread.”
“To those young and not so young who might be debating whether or not to start smoking,”
“We have access to internal documents of tobacco companies that tell us that at the same time tobacco companies say they don't target young people, they are still trying to reach children.”