Jump to full article: Fiji Times Online (fj), 2008-05-14
Intro: THE newly established Tobacco Control Enforcement Unit wants the State to allocate an additional $1million a year to address smokers' rehabilitation.
Officer-in-charge Ifiremi Corerega said the State generated $59 million a year in taxes from the sale of cigarettes and it would be advisable that a portion of it assist those willing to give up smoking.
His comments follow news that 20 students, some in school uniforms, were caught and charged with smoking in no smoking zones during a two-day annual athletic competition a fortnight ago. . . .
"I'm not trying to tell the State where to direct its money but measures to curb cigarette smuggling and selling cigarette to minors as well as assisting those who want to give up the urge but find it hard to must be looked into," Mr Corerega said.
A licensing system over the sale of cigarettes is being proposed to control its sale, he said.
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