/ 16 March 1999

ZUMA TO TOBACCO SUMMIT

HEALTH Minister Dr Nkosazana Zuma leaves for Washington, DC. on Tuesday to attend the three-day International Conference on Children and Tobacco from March 17 to 19. The summit, hosted by the United States Senate, The Campaign for Tobacco Free-Kids and the American Public Health Association, will be attended by more than 100 delegates and health ministers from 30 countries. Zuma will address the conference on the South African government’s proposed tobacco legislation.

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