Minister of Health Dr John Seakgosing has criticised the tobacco industry for undermining the work of his ministry, the Daily News reports. He was speaking during the recently held commemoration of World No Tobacco Day under the theme: Tobacco Industry Interference.
Seakgosing said the country’s vision of a healthy nation by 2016 will not be attained if the status quo remains as it is. He reportedly said the theme aimed at focusing on exposing the tobacco industry’s aggressive attempts to work against government’s efforts of empowering communities and enabling them to make right choices regarding their health.
Seagkgosing added that the use of tobacco in developed countries had declined due to public awareness but now “The industry has shifted its attention to the less developed countries and is currently making millions of money because of people's ignorance and inadequate knowledge of the harm tobacco does to their health," he said.
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