
Decision-makers from around the world are gathering in Geneva from Monday for a week-long conference that could help determine the direction of international efforts to rein in the dangers of tobacco. The environmental impact of cigarettes and marketing strategies that target young consumers will be top of the agenda.
Some 1,400 delegates representing governments, international organisations and civil society will converge in Switzerland for the 11th conference of the parties to the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) from 17 to 22 November.