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Tobacco Bill picked apart 

A private sector attorney identified many apparent flaws in the draft Tobacco Bill during the Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Marriott Beach Resort Wednesday.

Even though he is a non-smoker and anti-smoking advocate, Murali Ram of Quin and Hampson pointed out more than a dozen sections of the white paper bill that he said need attention. But Mr. Ram thought the lack of guiding regulations a more fundamental problem to eliciting meaningful feedback on the proposed legislation.

"No regulations have been circulated and the finer points of the bill are left to be dealt with the regulations," he said. "The danger with that is that regulations don't have to be passed by parliament."

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