['steps', 'that', 'should', 'be', 'taken.', 'By', 'adopting', 'laws', 'and', 'implementing', 'regulations', 'well', 'in', 'advance', 'of', 'the', 'Framework', "Convention's", 'current', 'deadline', 'of', '2003,', 'national', 'governments', 'can', 'make', 'significant', 'progress', 'on', 'meaningful', 'and', 'workable', 'solutions', 'now.', 'For', 'example,', 'of', "WHO's", '191', 'Member', 'States,', '114', 'do', 'not', 'have', 'country-wide', 'minimum', 'age', 'laws', 'for', 'the', 'sale', 'or', 'purchase', 'of', 'tobacco.', 'We', 'wish', 'every', 'country', 'in', 'the', 'world', 'had', 'such', 'laws', '--', 'and', 'a', 'treaty', 'is', 'not', 'necessary', 'for', 'this', 'to', 'be', 'done.', 'We', 'urge', 'Member', 'States', 'not', 'to', 'wait', 'for', 'the', 'treaty,', 'but', 'to', 'enact', 'minimum', 'age', 'laws', 'immediately.', 'Philip', 'Morris', 'supports', 'national', 'regulations', 'that', 'reconcile', 'governments’', 'valid', 'interest', 'in', 'public', 'heaith', 'with', 'the', 'preferences', 'of', 'adults', 'who', 'choose', 'to', 'smoke', 'despite', 'the', 'risks,', 'and', 'the', 'vast', 'majority', 'of', 'the', 'population', 'who', 'believe', 'that', 'they', 'should', 'not', 'be', 'prevented', 'from', 'doing', 'so.', 'To', 'this', 'end,', 'in', 'many', 'countries', 'we', 'are', 'aiready', 'engaged', 'in', 'initiatives', 'that', 'are', 'consistent', 'with', 'some', 'of', "WHO's", 'stated', 'objectives.', 'Philip', 'Morris', 'is', 'working', 'with', 'governments', 'and', 'others', 'to', 'seek', 'common', 'ground', 'through', 'our:', 'e', 'publication', 'of', 'information', 'from', 'the', 'public', 'health', 'community', 'regarding', 'smoking', 'and', 'disease', 'in', 'smokers,', 'nicotine', 'and', 'addiction,', 'and', 'ways', 'to', 'quit', 'smoking', '*®', 'substantial', 'programs,', 'and', 'support', 'of', 'new', 'laws,', 'to', 'help', 'stop', 'minors', 'from', 'smoking', '«', 'support', 'of', 'efforts', 'to', 'minimize', 'unwanted', 'secondhand', 'smoke', 'in', 'public', 'places', 'e', 'efforts', 'to', 'address', "society's", 'concerns', 'regarding', 'cigarette', 'marketing', 'e', "interest'in", 'reducing,', 'and', 'hopefully', 'eliminating,', 'cigarette', 'smuggling', '¢', 'belief', 'that', 'governments', 'and', 'consumers', 'should', 'have', 'access', 'to', 'information', 'about', 'ingredients', 'added', 'to', 'cigarettes,', 'as', 'well', 'as', 'the', 'constituents', 'contained', 'in', 'cigarette', 'smoke', 'e', 'desire', 'to', 'pursue', 'reasonable', 'and', 'sensible', 'regulation', 'of', 'the', 'design', 'and', 'manufacture', 'of', 'tobacco', 'products', 'Whether', 'or', 'not', 'the', "WHO's", 'treaty', 'is', 'adopted,', 'we', 'intend', 'to', 'continue', 'to', 'work', 'with', 'governments', 'around', 'the', 'worid', 'on', 'making', 'progress', 'in', 'these', 'important', 'areas.', 'SE6BPEEBOT']