World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Gro Harlem Brundtland (C) hands a gift she received from traditionally-dressed Thai children to an official during a rally in Bangkok May 31 to mark World No-Tobacco Day. Brundtland in Bangkok to launch World No-Tobacco Day cited Thailand as a good example of an Asian country that has fought the tobacco lobby by banning advertisements, raising cigarette prices using taxes and fighting the smuggling of tobacco into the country.

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