Govt. to ban selling of cigarettes separately

23 November 2016 10:52 am

The government will soon ban the selling of cigarettes separately, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said yesterday during a meeting held with Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA).

Accordingly, if the government imposes the ban, cigarettes will be sold only as packets.

He has made this assurance after ten proposals prepared by the GMOA according to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) to eradicate the cigarette menace was handed over to the minister during the meeting.