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Published on Oct 21, 1999
Jump to full article: The Nation (th), 1999-10-21
Intro: THAILAND will send more than 100,000 packets of cigarettes to be distributed to Thai soldiers and people in East Timor to strengthen bilateral ties.
However, anti-smoking activists urged the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (TTM), which gave more than 200 containers of cigarettes to Army chief Gen Surayud Chulanont, to reconsider the plan.
''Cigarettes are not good for the soldiers' health. If the TTM really cares about the soldiers, it should send food or fruits instead,'' said Dr Hatai Chitanond, chairman of the Thai Health Promotion Institute.
He expressed concern that the cigarettes would make some soldiers smoke more and those who are non-smokers to take up the habit because of the tense situation in East Timor.
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