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High Tax is the Best Way to Strengthen Tobacco Control Law
Politics
Ulaanbaatar,
February 7, 2023 /MONTSAME/. The Government of
Mongolia is preparing a bill to amend the Tobacco Control Law and
representatives from the World Health Organization are coming to provide
technical assistance.
On
February 2, the authorities of the Ministry of Health and the WHO
representatives met with Ts. Munkh-Orgil, M. Oyunchimeg, and J. Chinburen,
members of the Standing Committee on Social Policy of the State Great Khural
and exchanged views on the existing Tobacco Control Law and the bill that is
currently being developed to amend it.
The member M. Oyunchimeg noted that the poor control over
the new type of cigarette (Electronic Cigarette) and the low tobacco tax became
the causes of weak enforcement of this law.
The representatives of the WHO emphasized that the best
way to strengthen the Tobacco Control Law was to increase its tax.
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