Activists Criticize Health Ministry’s Change of Tune on Tobacco Flavorings
Anti-smoking groups are calling on the government to implement a total ban on tobacco flavorings, saying that the health ministry's recent announcement to ban 27 additives is not enough.
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00:00Anti-smoking groups are criticizing the Garfman for allegedly flip-flopping on its resolution
00:05to ban flavored tobacco.
00:08The legislature reached a nonpartisan consensus last year to ban all flavorings, but the health
00:13ministry recently changed its language, saying it will prohibit 27 additives on top of the
00:19four already banned.
00:21Citizen groups are protesting the amendment and accusing the Garfman of watering down
00:25its own policy.
00:27The health ministry says it's open to feedback and that the policy is in line with regulations
00:31in the U.S. and European Union.