[Intl-tobacco] TAKE ACTION -- Health Before Trade: Tobacco out of the FTAA!

[Robert Weissman]

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HEALTH BEFORE TRADE: TOBACCO OUT OF THE FTAA!
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Dear Friends,

On November 20-21, 2003, trade representatives of 34 countries
throughout the Americas will meet in Miami, FL for the next round of
negotiations on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).  The stated
purpose of the FTAA is to eliminate barriers to trade and investment
between these countries. But when it comes to tobacco, more trade = less
health!  The FTAA poses a major threat to efforts to protect the lives
and lungs of people throughout the Americas from profit-hungry tobacco
corporations.  The best way to alleviate this threat would be to EXCLUDE
TOBACCO FROM THE SCOPE OF THE FTAA ALTOGETHER.

TAKE ACTION: Send a fax to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick,
urging him to exclude tobacco from the scope of the FTAA!
http://petitions.globalink.org/view.php?code=ftaa

Letter is pre-written, so all you have to do is add your name and click
send!

For more information on the issue of tobacco & trade:
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/trade/

For information on tobacco-related events taking place in Miami next
week:
http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/event/ftaa/