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GENEVA (Reuters) - In a global bid to quit a habit that kills almost five million people a year, nearly 170 countries backed on Saturday a tough pact against smoking, including advertising bans and pledges to boost tobacco taxes. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the world's first international treaty on health, was concluded after a marathon 18-hour final session at the end of two weeks of hard bargaining by World Health Organization (WHO) member states. However, the United States and Germany, two of 171 countries attending the talks, said they could not accept parts of the deal...
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