From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ellen Shaffer</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ershaffer@gmail.com">ershaffer@gmail.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div>The World Health Organization has published a paper entitled 'Confronting the Tobacco Epidemic in a New Era of Trade and Investment Liberalization.'</div>
<div><p align="LEFT">See: <a href="http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2012/9789241503723_eng.pdf" target="_blank">http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2012/9789241503723_eng.pdf</a></p>
<div><font face="ChaparralPro-Regular" size="3"><font face="ChaparralPro-Regular" size="3">The development of the paper was overseen by Raman Minhas of WHO /TFI and was written<br>by Dr Benn McGrady.</font></font></div><font face="ChaparralPro-Regular" size="3"><font face="ChaparralPro-Regular" size="3"></font></font></div>
<font face="ChaparralPro-Regular" size="3"><font face="ChaparralPro-Regular" size="3"><div>For general information on WHO ’s work in tobacco control including trade-related issues, or information specifically related to this paper, contact WHO /TFI at <a href="mailto:tfi@who.int" target="_blank">tfi@who.</a><u><font color="#0066cc">int</font></u>
<p align="LEFT">The paper updates a 2001 WHO paper by Douglas Bettcher et al entitled 'Tobacco Control in an Era of Trade Liberalization.'</p><div><p align="LEFT">Benn McGrady comments:</p></div><div> </div><div>
The update is targeted at policy-makers and seeks to explain the legal issues (and legal terms) as simply as possible while maintaining accuracy.</div>
<p>Benn McGrady, PhD<br>Project Director, Initiative on Trade, Investment and Health<br>O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law<br><a href="http://www.law.georgetown.edu/oneillinstitute/TIH/" target="_blank">http://www.law.georgetown.edu/oneillinstitute/TIH/</a> <br>
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center-- <br></p></div></font></font><br></div><br>