Mark tells gov’t: Help smokers quit
Opposition Senator Wade Mark. -
OPPOSITION Senator Wade Mark on Tuesday said the Government should provide help to cigarette smokers to quit, and target a number to quit in a certain period.
The Senate debated the Tobacco Control (Amendment) Regulations 2019. The regulations seek to have a series of graphic photographs, showing the harm done by smoking to the human body, placed on tobacco products such as cigarette boxes.
Mark suggested these measures alone were not enough to curb smoking in Trinidad and Tobago. Citizens who would like to quit smoking, the minister needs to tell this Parliament what institutions, what infrastructure, are in place to provide those citizens with an avenue to come out of their smoking habits.
Combatting illicit trade Combatting illicit trade
Pandemic has further exposed weaknesses throughout the region and in the online world that allow shady operators to thrive.
published : 18 Jan 2021 at 12:30
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Not only has the Covid-19 pandemic exposed flaws in social and health systems, disrupted supply chains and taken at least 38,000 lives across Southeast Asia, it has also shed light on the growing problem of illicit trade in the region.
Smuggling, counterfeiting and related illegal activities rob the global economy of US$2.2 trillion annually, with trade in counterfeit goods accounting for $461 billion. In Asean, the counterfeit goods market was worth $35.9 billion in 2018, according to a paper published by the EU-Asean Business Council (EU-ABC).