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This document was produced for INFOTAB, an international tobacco industry group. INFOTAB was formerly known as ICOSI (the International Committee on Smoking Issues) and was made up of the major tobacco companies (and their associated trade organizations) worldwide. INFOTAB was created in response to the initial World Conferences on Tobacco or Health. The first World Conference was held in 1967. By the third World Conference in 1975, the industry observed greatly increased coordination and sharing of anti-tobacco strategies and information among public health groups worldwide. It perceived that it lacked similar coordination among tobacco companies to fight the increasing public health threats being posed, and formed INFOTAB.
According to documents, the goals of INFOTAB were to establish an "early warning" system for anti-smoking initiatives worldwide, to "track activities of pressure groups and international consumer unions" and "to take industry programs to the grass roots and municipal levels" to help the industry to prevail over public health.
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Today's document is an ETS action plan prepared for INFOTAB.