[IP] Possible note for IP'ers...

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: "Ronald L. Rivest" <rivest@mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:39:03 -0500
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Possible note for IP'ers...


The BBC is running a story about the U.S. position with
respect to a proposed international anti-tobacco treaty.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2798857.stm

"Health campaigners are demanding the US withdraw from
  negotiations about an international anti-tobacco treaty."

"John Seffin, chief executive officer of the American Cancer
  Society, said, "The US government is working methodically
  to weaken virtually every aspect of this treaty." "

"The World Health Organization, which is sponsoring the
  talks, predicts 10 million people a year will die from
  smoking-related diseases by 2030."

This sure sounds to me like a "weapon of mass destruction"...

         Cheers,
         Ron Rivest





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