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February 27, 2005
Sunday
 
 
Ahh, so there's the catch
David Carr (London)  Globalization/economics
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So, on the one hand, you have cheap microwave ovens from Szechuan province. Wonderful.

But, on the other hand, you get this:

The world's first global health treaty - the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - comes into force on Sunday.

The anti-smoking pact has been signed by 168 countries, and ratified by 57 of them, which will now have to tighten their anti-tobacco laws.

Not so wonderful. Welcome to the globalized world.

Comments

The BBC was quoting the W.H.O as saying this was only the first step, and next they'd go after alcohol and junk foods...


Posted by Julian Morrison at February 27, 2005 09:23 PM

Well, DUH!

They need their jobs.


Posted by Sandy P at February 28, 2005 07:28 AM

Don't you mean, "there's the ready-rub"?


Posted by Guy Herbert at February 28, 2005 08:12 AM

Well they do have a habit of coming up with these daft ideas, having a big conference and then forgetting about it after they leave. More an excuse for a junket than anything else.


Posted by Andrew Ian Dodge at February 28, 2005 11:42 AM

When first I read this, I thought: "Damn. Our laws can't get tighter on tobacco." (I'm in Norway.)

I was right. They can't. All that has been in place for years here, apart from the ban on smoking in public places--which came last year.


Posted by Snorre at March 1, 2005 01:40 PM
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