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Jump to full article: Malta Independent (mt), 2009-10-21
Author: FRANCESCA VELLA
Intro: The government is shortly expected to issue a legal notice that will make pictorial messages on tobacco packaging obligatory, in a bid to discourage smoking, Director of Health Ray Busuttil said yesterday.
Speaking during the launch of an EU-wide anti-smoking campaign, Dr Busuttil said only three or four EU countries have introduced pictorial messages on tobacco packaging.
"The legal notice will be issued next week or the week after that. Tobacco manufacturers would have to use a number of pictorials recommended by the EU and the World Health Organisation (WHO)," said Dr Busuttil.
Health Parliamentary Secretary Joe Cassar said it is estimated that one in every four people in Malta are smokers, meaning that about 300,000 people could be suffering the consequences of indirect smoking.
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