Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy

Banning cigarettes would only encourage smuggling

July 2, 2015 by adminficci News 0 comments

As a father of a teenage daughter, I can relate to the concerns raised in Ms Adeline Goh Yee Hua’s letter, “Smoking is bad for health: Why is it not banned?” (June 27). The idea of watching young children puffing away their lives horrifies me.

http://www.todayonline.com/voices/banning-cigarettes-would-only-encourage-smuggling

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