10. oktober 2008.

PRESS RELEASE.

FIRST WORLD CONFERENCE ON PROHIBITION BY TICAP

London, UK, October () 2008 - The International Coalition Against Prohibition (TICAP) will hold its first world Conference on January the 27th and the 28th, 2009. Because of its prominence in these times, tobacco prohibition was chosen as the theme of the inaugural conference. Unfortunately, the denormalization of smoking comes at the expense of many citizens' rights and it sets a very dangerous precedent, along with causing immediate and devastating economic
repercussions.

The conference "Smoking Bans and Lies", will be held at The
European Parliament Building in Brussels. Subjects presented for discussion
at the gathering will include: the impact of smoking bans, passive smoking
exposure studies, the pharmaceutical lobby and the politics of prohibition.

TICAP includes more than 20 organizations from all over the world who share
the conviction that prohibitions are a threat to democracy and a free
society. Once an individual's right to choose is eliminated, special
interests are enriched and state intrusion is tremendously augmented.

With this conference, TICAP intends to lay the foundations of an active,
world-wide opposition to the expansion of a political trend that uses questionable science and public health institutions as vehicles to control citizens.

For further information: www.antiprohibition.org