On Nov. 30, 2004, Peru became the 40th country to ratify the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (SN: 7/5/03, p. 14: Available to subscribers at Tobacco treaty penned). As a result, the accord will soon become international law. Officials of WHO, a United Nations agency, say the convention is one of the most rapidly embraced U.N.
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