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style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Around the world, activists are urging
governments to ratify and implement the first global health treaty, formally
known as the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). </SPAN><SPAN
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health and corporate accountability advocates have made tremendous progress
toward ensuring the global tobacco treaty’s life-saving impact. With nearly
140 countries having ratified the global tobacco treaty,<SPAN
class=977073418-25092006> it</SPAN><SPAN class=977073418-25092006> now
protects</SPAN> more than 75% of the world’s population<SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>This
week, activists in more than 20 countries will organize events as part of the
<STRONG>8th International Week of Resistance to Tobacco Transnationals</STRONG>
(IWR2006) organized by the Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals
(NATT). This week’s events coincide with the International Release of the
<B><I><A href="http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/cms/page1167.cfm"><FONT
color=#0000ff>Global Tobacco Treaty Action Guide: Challenging Tobacco Industry
Interference</FONT></A></I></B>, produced by Corporate Accountability
International and NATT. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>The <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Global Tobacco Treaty Action Guide</I></B>
is a collection of first-hand stories about how tobacco transnationals are
attempting to interfere with health policy and what government officials and
NGOs are doing to expose and challenge this interference. We hope that you will
access your copy of the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Global Tobacco
Treaty Action Guide</I> in English, French or Spanish at </FONT><A
href="http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff size=3>www.stopcorporateabuse.org</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>. </FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">We invite you to join IWR2006 by organizing
an event in your country. </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">To share a story of
interference in your country or for more information on how to get involved in
working on the global tobacco treaty, please contact Megan Rising at <A
title=mailto:mrising@stopcorporateabuse.org
href="mailto:mrising@stopcorporateabuse.org">mrising@stopcorporateabuse.org</A>.
We look forward to hearing from you!</SPAN><B
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<P class=MsoBodyTextIndent2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Onward, <BR>Megan </FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Megan Rising</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
class=977073418-25092006>Senior</SPAN> Organizer </SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Corporate Accountability
International (formerly Infact)</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">46 Plympton
Street</SPAN></st1:Street><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
<st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">02118</st1:PostalCode> <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></SPAN></st1:address></P>
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title=mailto:mrising@stopcorporateabuse.org
href="mailto:mrising@stopcorporateabuse.org">mrising@stopcorporateabuse.org</A>
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