Tobacco Industry Is An Enemy To Botswana - Mbongwe

Cigarretes
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Anti-Tobacco Network (ATN) executive director, Dr Bontle Mbongwe last Thursday called upon the different government institutions to reject any sort of partnership with the "deceptive" tobacco industry.

Describing the tobacco industry as a great impediment towards the country of the obligations it has to fulfill regarding the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), Mbongwe reminded the government to remain steadfast in its quest.   

“Our biggest enemy is the tobacco industry,” said Mbongwe during the commemoration of the World No Tobacco Day in Francistown. She congratulated government for stopping partnerships with Japan Tobacco and British American Tobacco (BAT).

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