"Australia has achieved a resounding victory." The World Health Organization welcomed the WTO ruling, saying it cleared "another legal hurdle thrown up in the tobacco industry's efforts to block tobacco control and is likely to accelerate implementation of plain packaging around the globe." It said six other countries had brought in plain packaging laws Hungary, Ireland, France, New Zealand, Norway and Britain while another six had passed laws yet to be implemented Burkina Faso, Canada, Georgia, Romania, Slovenia and Thailand
Day 2 (August 5, 2025) of the Philippines Advocacy trip: On the second day, IYTC's representatives engaged in policy pushing with Kabataan Partylist Representative Reja Renee Co to advocate for urgent reforms in the Vape Bill at the House of Representatives
House Bill 2783 easily passed the legislature last year despite criticism from anti-tobacco nonprofits and medical advocacy groups that warned it would undermine what voters already decided 25 years before
Machinery cost was 29% of price while labor was 3.6%
Our seed originated from USDA accession number PI 552316 and was sent to us by David Pendergrass from Tennessee
