According to Mary Assunta, head of Global Research and Advocacy at STPA member GGTC, and author of the Global Tobacco Index, The tobacco industry, unlike any other industry, is regulated by an international treaty

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Chinas cigarette industry, once ruled by foreign companies, was nationalized in the 1950s
Its also illegal to sell tobacco products to minors in New Mexico
However, according to a report by Omaha.com , it was not without debate and was something the council had not planned on taking up going into the meeting