<HTML>Oh yum! Another rally with an abstruse theme about another international convention the Shrub administration is spitting on. Of course helping the tobacco companes get access to international markets and weasel their ways into "public health" planning is one of those lowkey background components of quest for world domination! Let's put the paragraph above on a sign and get the WWP to charter some buses ;=)! Seriously, I will at least forward it to one of my favorite instant letter to officials outfits because I would certainly  check an email box about it, and if I were walking by anyway I would cheer, but I ain't expending fossil fuel on this one! DoreneC In a message dated 2/3/2003 9:09:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, lfeather32@erols.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:RALLY FEB 12 in DC Date:2/3/2003 9:09:40 AM Pacific Standard Time From:<A HREF="mailto:lfeather32@erols.com">lfeather32@erols.com</A> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:lbo-talk@lists.panix.com">lbo-talk@lists.panix.com</A> To:<A HREF="mailto:lbo-talk@lists.panix.com">lbo-talk@lists.panix.com</A> Sent from the Internet [Somehow at this dire moment in history, I just can't think of this as the most urgent thing to have a rally about...] ---------- RALLY FOR GLOBAL TOBACCO CONTROL FEB 12 NOON at Dept of Health Human Services< DC (Independence & 4th st SW) WHY? The Bush Administration is blocking progress on the world's first public health treaty, becuase of close ties to Philip Morris. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), has the potential to set global standards on how tobacco corporations operate. Most of the world is working together for an effective, strong treaty, but the Bush Administration, with strong ties to the tobacco industry, is working to weaken some of the most crucial provisions in the treaty! (the final talks are in Geneva this month, so we have 2 weeks left to target the Dept of Health/Human Services, chair of the US delegation to the convention). The overwhelming majority of countries are moving toward a strong Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and the US is standing in the way. This is outrageous, as 4.9 million people around the world are dying every year from tobacco-related illnesses. The US needs to stop blocking progress on the treaty! FOR MORE INFO EMAIL dcinfact@yahoo.com or see www.infact.org To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: studentsnowar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>