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දුම්වැටි නඩුව ලබන 12 වනදා
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දුම්වැටි දවටන වල 80%ක් ආවරණය වන සේ රූපමය අවවාද ඇතුලත් කිරීමේ ගැසට් පත්‍රයට එරෙහිව දුම්කොළ කර්මාන්තය විසින් පැවරු නඩුවේ තීන්දුව ලබන 12 වනදා ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය මගින් ලබා දීමට නියමිතය.

ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානයේ උපදෙස් මත මෙරට දුම්කොළ භාවිතය අවම කිරීම සඳහා ජනපති, කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලය සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව මගින් ඒකමතිකව අනුමත කල මෙම ගැසට් පත්‍රයට එරෙහිව දුම්කොළ සමාගම් විසින් නඩු පවරනු ලැබිණි.

දෛනිකව මෙරට දුම්වැටි භාවිතය හේතුවෙන් පුද්ගලයින් 60-65 අතර සංඛ්‍යාවක් මිය යන අතර එය වර්ෂයකට මරණ විසි එක් දහසක් බව සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය පවසයි.

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Invisible hand blocking pictorial warnings – Cancer Care Association
Tobacco kills 55 persons daily
May 8, 2014, 12:00 pm

by Maheesha Mudugamuwa

Cancer Care Association (CCA) President Dr. Samadhi Rajapaksa yesterday alleged that there was an unseen hand behind the inordinate delay in the implementation of Pictorial Health Warning (PHW) covering 80 percent of the display area of cigarette packets in spite of a new law passed by Parliament.

Dr. Rajapaksa said about 55 people died daily in Sri Lanka due to tobacco consumption.

Addressing a media briefing organised by the Jeewaka Foundation held at the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) he said that three people died in Sri Lanka daily due to oral cancers owing to tobacco consumption.

In 2012, the government published a special gazette notification approving the implementation of PHWs in Sri Lanka. It has not been implemented because Ceylon Tobacco Lanka filed a law suit against the Health Minister and the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA).

In February this year, Parliament approved the Bill submitted by the Health Minister. However, the tobacco company is yet awaiting a decision of the Court of Appeal which is due on May 12.

Meanwhile, Dr. Rajapaksa maintained that the President had the power to stop the tobacco use in the country within 24 hours.

He explained that around 29.9 percent of males in Sri Lanka were smokers while the female percentage was around 0.4 percent.

The CCA President also mentioned that over 20,000 people died in Sri Lanka annually due to tobacco related health issues.

Addressing the media UNP MP Buddhika Pathirna said about 35 people had died due to terrorism in the past but around 55 people died daily due to tobacco use and, therefore, he said that tobacco companies were the real terrorists in the country.

He also stressed that though it was illegal to engage in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects for tobacco companies, the tobacco monopoly of Sri Lanka Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) had been engaging in CSR projects under different agricultural ministers.

He alleged that the CSR projects were performed by CTC under the present Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, then Minister Hemakumara Nanayakkara and JVP Minister Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

MP Pathirana said that the total tax revenue from tobacco had decreased dramatically during past ten years.

Cancer Care Association President Dr. Samadhi Rajapaksa, Lawyer Bashini Hettiarachchi, NATA President Dr. Lalith Chandradasa, Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMC) President and NATA former President Prof. Carlo Fonseka.