NGO drills govt spin doctors on tobacco convention

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The Anti-Tobacco Network (ATN) gathered government and parastatal public relations officers and the private sector at Mmokolodi yesterday to educate them on the requirements of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

The interim executive director of the NGO, Bontle Mbongwe said at the gathering that the training is meant to help the government be compliant with the convention and to understand what tobacco industry interference is.

“Public relations officers should be informed. They should understand the issues so that they can represent their ministries well and even advise the government on what the framework stands for,” she explained.

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