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>>>> MR/RCVD 75, U, E7-05-87, 10: 14:51 6844254 PMTTG PLS STANDBY FOR BROADCAST CALL 9802 BAPOLD BN 6844254 PMTTG OG?G!R IUAF'TAWU GIYCER ATTN: DISTRIBUTION FROM: GEORGE L. NASSIF RE : GCC WEEKLY CORF'ORATE AF$-84' #8)8&#51 'J -7 688 44-2454- ?F'M8T-TG - WE HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF RESOLUTION NO. 2, TELEX 70- E yj,7-~--- "ANTI-SMOKING", OF THE ARAB GULF STATES HEALTH MINISTERS' COUNCIL (AGSHMC), ADOF'TED DURING THEIR GENEVA MEETING H3) 6 844,25 4. PM TTG G!THE TRANSLATION OF THIS RESOLUTION: QUOTE RESOLVED: i Cl 4:b 1) TO URGE THE STATES WHICH HAVE NOT YET INFORMED THE GENERAL w CA ~ ~... e..~ SECRETARIATE OF THE ADOPTION OF THE 50 PERCENT CUSTOMS' DUTY

I NCREASE, I NSTEAD OF 30 RE RCENT, TO TAKE THE I N I T I AT I VE OF APPROV I NG, SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF IS SUBJECT TO THEIR UNANIMOUS APPROVAL, AND TO REQUEST THAT THE SECRETARY GENERAL CONTACT THESE STATES TO CONFIRM THEIR FINAL DECISION. 2) TO INSIST ON THE ITEM IN RESOLUTION NO. 5 OF THE 22ND CONFERENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF THE SPECIFIC CLAUSE DEALING WITH THE REDUCTION OF NICOTINE AND TAR CONTENT IN EACH CIGARETTE. 3) TO URGE THE MEMBER STATES TO START IMPLEMENTING THE ANTI-SMOKING LEGISLATION WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL DURING ITS 14TH CONFERENCE IN RIYADH. 4) TO CHANGE THE " GOVERNMENT WARNING" TO " HEALTH WARNING" WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT SHALL BE WRITTEN CLEARLY ON THE PACK AND NOT ON A LABEL, AND RROV I DED THAT I T NOT BE F'R I NTED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PACK, IT IS PREFERABLE THAT IT BE PLACED ON THE FRONT OF THE PACK. THE I MRLEMENTAT I ON DATE SHALL BE JANUARY 1, 1988. THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DATES OF THE 5TH ANTI-SMOKING CONFERENCE - DURING THE PERIOD OF 2-4 RAESI AL AWAL 1408H - CORRESPONDING TO 24-26 OCTOBER 1987. 6) TO ENFORCE THE REQUIREMENT FOR PRINTING THE PRODUCTION DATE ON THE PACK - STATING BOTH MONTH AND YEAR. ~ 4a ss crt w r~. 7) TO REQUEST THE GENERAL SECRETARIATE TO STUDY THE POSSIBILITY OF ~ a.

DESIGNATING ONE DAY IN EACH MONTH, A GCC ANTI-SMOKING DAY. UNQUOTE - ON MAY 26, 1987, BAT NOTIFIED OTHER MANUFACTURERS, VIA INFOTAB, OF THEIR INTENTION TO SHIF, F'RODUCTS WHICH CONFORM TO THE AMENDED PRODUCT SF'EC I F I CAT I ON SSA 365-82, REG!U I R I NG A FRONT F,ANEL HEALTH WARN I NG, MONTH AND YEAR OF MANUFACTURE, AND MAXIMUM T+N LEVELS OF 12 MG AND 0.8 MG RESF'ECT I VELY. THE EFFECT I VE DATE W I LL BE JUNE 2011 1987. - PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO RAMADHAN HOLIDAYS, THE SAUDI ARABIAN STANDARDS ORGANIZATION (SASO), THE COMMERCE MINISTRY AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS ARE UNLIKELY TO HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE HEALTH MINISTERS' COMPROMISE ON THE HEALTH WARNING LABEL. KUWAIT DR. ABDUL RAHMAN AL AWADH I, HEALTH M I N I STE R, STERF,ED UF, H I S CR I T I C I SM OF TOBACCO COMPANIES AND THE KUWAITI MEDIA, BY STATING IN A F,RESS CONFERENCE, THAT HE WILL " F,USH FORWARD TO IMPLEMENT ANTI-SMOKING LEGISLATION, AND IF NEED BE, WILL LEAD STREET DEMONSTRATIONS IN SUFIPO RT OF THE LEG I SLAT I ON". Nf , t:k GLN AND R. TRAD (H+C LEO BURNETT/RADIUS) WILL VISIT KUWAIT IN EARLY 'A' rs c.a JUNE TO MEET WITH INFLUENTIAL MEDIA OWNERS. THE F,URF'OSE OF THE VISIT ~ s+s IS TO COORDINATE OUR RESPONSE AIMED AT SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENING THE ~

PROPOSED ANTI-TOBACCO LEGISLATION. WITH KIND REGARDS, GEORGE NASSIF DISTRIBUTION: PM LAUSANNE J. B. ROB I NSON B. E+E R G L. CAMILLERI F. H. DULLES K. I. FERGUSON W. THOMA K. WARE PM WASH I NGTON D. NELSON PM DUBA I PM EiAHRA I N T. A. MACLEOD N. A. GOTECHA C. L. HOLDER N. A. MALEK C. J. NELSON A. R. WILCOCK PM NEW YORK G. BIBLE A. WHIST ^ JDR + P RIYADH -------------- FTR NEUCHATEL M. BOURLAS H. GAISCH F. LOPES PM R I CHh1OND S. ROBERTS B. AYASH R. ER I Ct'.SON

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