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• All tobacco products to be tested for content 

Jump to full article: Gulf News (ae), 2009-05-21
Author: Nina Muslim, Staff Reporter

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Tobacco products in the UAE and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have to undergo content tests before they can go on sale, as part of the new requirements on tobacco in the region, Gulf News has learnt.

Dr Wedad Al Maidoor, head of the National Tobacco Control Committee, told Gulf News the executive office of GCC ministers would soon require testing of tobacco products to ensure the declaration of ingredients, such as tar and nicotine, was correct.

"A laboratory in Jordan will take samples and test them before they can go on sale. We have to make sure that the content labelling is correct," she said.

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