Health Minister To Submit A Cabinet Paper Seeking Approval For Banning Selling Cigarettes In Loose Form

Minister Of Health Dr.Rajitha Senaratne  has decided  to submit a Cabinet Paper to the Cabinet by seeking approval for preparing laws and regulations to ban selling of  Cigarettes in loose form for the public in view of reducing smoking in the country further.

Accordingly after getting approval for the Cabinet Paper Ministry Of Health will ban the  selling of Cigarettes in loose form and a person who wants  to buy a Cigarette needs to buy a Cigarette pack which priced more than Rs.1000 in Sri Lanka due to the higher taxes imposed on tobacco products the Ministry has stated.

Health Minister also plans to introduce a plain Cigarette Pack and increase the Tobacco Tax to 90% to reduce the smoking in the country further Health Ministry has revealed.