To convince buildings to go smoke-free, the partnerships contractors have conversations with tenants and building owners and managers to educate them about the harms of tobacco exposure a process that can require many meetings over a period of time, Brown noted
In Singapore, therapeutic products are regulated under the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and to date, there has not been any application to register e-cigarettes as a cessation aid
Under questioning about what work the Treasury was undertaking in the context of tobacco excise policy, Diane Brown, a deputy secretary, said: We have done some work around the elasticity of demand for tobacco to see whether thats changed, so there is modelling of that type that is going on. Becky Freeman, a professor of public health at the University of Sydney and a leading tobacco expert, said she backed freezing the excise at current levels, and that the release of the Itec estimates showing the extraordinary prevalence of illicit smoking has only confirmed her opinion
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