The Act of the National Authority on Tobacco & Alcohol (NATA) 27 of 2006, Clause No. 38.2 states that: “A person shall not manufacture or import for sale, or distribute free of charge, any article which is not a tobacco product having the appearance of a tobacco product.” Therefore, manufacturing of cinnamon cigarettes and launching of such product is a violation of the Act.
THE PANEL OF EXPERTS INCLUDED OF THE FOLLOWING;
Sunil Santha Weerasekera, a Governing Board member of NATA, Dr. Rohan Ratnayake, Director Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Dr. Padma Gunaratne, President Sri Lanka Medical Association, Dr. Palitha Abeykoon, former Chairman, NATA, A Representative of Dr. Laknath Welagedera, Chairman, National Dangerous Drugs Control Board, Dr. Haritha Aluthge, Editor, Government Medical Officers’ Association, Dr. Prasad Hendawitharana, Government Ayurvedic Medical Officers’ Association, Dr. Geethal Perera, National Hospital, Dr. Upali Perera, Consultant, National Cancer Control Programme, Dr. Nadarajah Jeyakumaran, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, NCI, T. Suveendran, WHO Sri Lanka, Dr. Manoj Fernando, Senior Lecturer in Health Promotion, Pubudu Sumanasekera, Executive Director, ADIC, Dr. Dhanuja Mahesh, Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr. Mahesh Rajasuriya, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colombo.
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