Tobacco controls - Minors must be protected

While there is no longer any doubt about the harmful effects of tobacco, adults have a right to smoke it if they so desire. But society seeks to protect impressionable young people.

Tobacco companies should not be allowed to advertise or promote cigarettes in a manner that glamorises them. Nevertheless young people are being routinely exposed to the dangerous promotion of tobacco.

Cigarettes are frequently placed among a range of familiar products, thereby generating the impression that tobacco is both harmless and socially acceptable.