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Malaysia: "transparency"—industry people at FCTC talks

d.simpson@iath.org

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The Malaysian ministry of health recently held a half-day consultation meeting to discuss the amendment of the 2004 Malaysian Control of Tobacco Products Regulations to bring them into line with the requirements of the FCTC. To the amazement of the 11 people from non-governmental organisations at the meeting, 11 representatives from the tobacco industry were also present, in addition to 10 ministry officials. Among the industry participants were what one startled health worker called a "gang" from BAT, as well as representatives of Philip Morris and Sampoerna, the Indonesian manufacturer it acquired last year, and Japan Tobacco International.

Health personnel protested, saying it was clearly inconsistent with the FCTC, but the official chairing the meeting said it was the ministry’s policy to be "transparent". Sickeningly, the people interested in health had to listen to those interested in selling tobacco trotting out their public relations nonsense about how they fully supported . . . [Full text of this article]