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Government officials around the world now recognize what industry executives have long understood — the tobacco business is fundamentally a global enterprise.¹ The sale of raw leaf and finished products, the smuggling of cigarettes to evade taxes, and the effects of print and television advertising all cross national borders. The consequences of this enterprise are staggering — by the year 2020, an estimated 8.4 million people will die annually from tobacco-related diseases, more than two thirds of them in developing countries.² If current trends continue, more people will perish annually from tobacco-related illness than from any single disease.

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The Changing U.S. Role

U.S. Positions on Key Issues

Taxes

Advertising and Promotion

Labeling

Passive Smoking

Trade

The Politics of Global Tobacco Control

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