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New smoking legislation should protect rights of all 

ANY new legislation governing the tobacco industry must equally recognise the rights of smokers and non-smokers.

Managing director of West Indian Tobacco Company, Jean Pierre du Coudray, on Thursday said that while Witco has not been told of any forthcoming legislation, it is prepared to sit and work with Government for an equitable outcome.

"We are trying to find an equal balance in terms of moving forward and the type of legislation we'll be discussing. We want to make sure that the rights of our consumers are as protected as the rights of non-smokers," he said at the conclusion of Witco's annual general meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port of Spain.

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