Earlier, the 192 member states of the World Health Organisation voted unanimously to pass the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the first international treaty to clamp down on tobacco consumption.

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Under a private system, the link between price deviation and correction is immediate and strong because supply is under the direct control of the currency issuers, who have the means through loan and trading operations to tightly clamp down on (or expand) the supply.

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