Government reeks of hypocrisy

It is completely untenable for the Government to introduce the ban on smoking in the workplace while continuing to benefit from considerable and lucrative shareholdings in a number of tobacco companies.

The Government, through the National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF), owns 17 million worth of shares in Phillip Morris, British American Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco. Between them, they manufacture and market some of the most popular cigarette brands.

It is hypocrisy of the highest order to spend taxpayers’ money on anti-smoking campaigns, while at the same time investing millions of public money in tobacco companies.