616/’16
Hon. Ishak Rahuman,— To ask the Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine,—
(a) Will he accept that—
(i) cancers, paralysis, and kidney diseases are caused vastly due to smoking;
(ii) it is destructive as well as harmful on the health condition and the economic situation of the people of the country; and
(iii) the deterioration of the health condition of the people is more detrimental than the amount of revenue earned through tobacco?
(b) Will he inform this House—
(i) whether smoking cannot be banned, totally;
(ii) whether the sale of cigarettes, in the places in close proximity to schools, cannot be stopped;
(iii) as to why the prices of a cigarette cannot be increased up to an unbearable price;
(iv) as to why the government does not take stern action against cigarettes in the same manner that the stern actions were taken against chemical fertilizers, as the use of chemical fertilizers aggravates the tendency of causing kidney diseases; and
(v) whether the reason, led for the aforesaid situation, is the pressure of multinational companies?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2016-06-24
Asked by
Hon. Ishak Rahuman, M.P.
Ministry
Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Medicine
Legislature
Eighth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
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First Session
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