Srilanka, Oct. 20 -- Sri Lanka wants a smokeless future, and so it should. But a Tobacco-free generation will leave the country with something far harder to control: an unregulated illegal market.
What is a Tobacco-Free Generation (TFG)?
TFG is a concept that has made headlines recently. The idea is that persons born after a certain year, in the current proposed idea, 2010, are not permitted to purchase tobacco products legally-ever. Older generations keep their existing rights to buy. The intent of such a regulatory concept is to eventually, in theory, eradicate legal cigarette consumption permanently.
The current discussion calling for Sri to adopt policy for a TFG would prevent the sale of tobacco products to anyone born on or after 1...