Paris, 25th May 2016

The Comité National Contre le Tabagisme, CNCT, French Committee for Tobacco Control, organization recognised as acting for the public interest, fully supports the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance, SEATCA, in its defence against the International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC) for false accusations, mischaracterizations of fact and law, disparaging comments about the World Health Organization (WHO) and the FCTC Convention Secretariat (FCS), and the Parties to the FCTC.

Pr Yves Martinet

President of the Comité National Contre le Tabagisme