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Jump to full article: Jamaica Information Service (jm), 2008-08-13
Intro: The Government remains committed to the enactment of comprehensive legislation to combat the use and consequences of tobacco products.
This is according to Chief Medical Officer of Health in the Ministry of Health and the Environment, Dr. Sheila Campbell-Forrester, who was speaking at the opening ceremony for the Caribbean Regional Workshop on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) being held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston from August 12 to 15.
Speaking on behalf of the Minister of Health and the Environment, Rudyard Spencer, Dr. Campbell-Forrester informed that, "we will bring to Parliament a Tobacco Control Legislation that will reflect the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control."
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