GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) – Bowing to public pressure, the UN’s labor body agreed Thursday to stop accepting funding from tobacco companies, a decision that cut the last remaining ties between the world body and the industry. The International Labor Organization (ILO) said it would adhere to a June resolution passed by United Nations Economic and Social Council “preventing tobacco industry interference.” The ILO’s governing body “agreed that no new funding shall be accepted by the […]





