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| World Medical Association
Statement on Tobacco Manufacture, Import, Export, Sale and Advertising |
Adopted by the 42nd World Medical Assembly
Rancho Mirage, CA., USA, October 1990
and rescinded at the WMA General Assembly,
Santiago 2005
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THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
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recognizes that tobacco products are hazardous
to human health (See WMA Statement on Health Hazards of
Tobacco Products, adopted September, 1988).
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| THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION |
therefore urges all nations to protect
the public health by adopting prohibitions or restrictions
on the manufacture, import, export, sale or advertisement
of tobacco products |
| THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION |
further urges all national medical
associations to take such actions as may be appropriate to
advocate the adoption of prohibitions or restrictions on the
manufacture, import, export, sale or advertisement of tobacco
products by the governments of their respective nations. |
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