Message on tobacco control from the Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre

"The Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has written to us expressing views on the matter of IDRC Board Chairman Barbara McDougall's overlapping membership on the Board of Imperial Tobacco Canada (ITC), which came to an end in March 2010. We have carefully considered your views and share your concerns about the production, use, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco products, particularly in developing countries where smoking rates are still rising. IDRC was created by an Act of Canada’s Parliament 40 years ago to address development problems, of which tobacco is one, and we welcome suggestions and statements that will help us to improve the effectiveness of IDRC work."--from website.

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