Tobacco Giant Quits Industry Group Over Packaging Dispute
The local arm of tobacco giant Japan Tobacco International (JTI), which makes Camel, Winston and Mevius cigarettes, has blasted the Association of the Tobacco Industry of Cambodia (ATIC) for failing to ensure its members adhere to new regulations mandating graphic health warnings on cigarette packages. In a strongly worded statement issued Wednesday, JTI said it had done everything possible to come into compliance with the law, which requires that cigarette packs feature an image of blackened lungs or an infant on a respirator as of July 22. But it complained that other tobacco companies in Cambodia had not followed suit. Accusing the tobacco association of failing to ensure a “level playi...
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