SAUDIS THREATEN LEGAL ACTION AGAINST CIGARETTE MAJORS
December 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SAUDI Arabia health minister has publicly warned American and European tobacco manufacturers that his oil-rich government will sue them for compensation over health problems caused through smoking.
Speaking at the 12th Gulf Symposium Against Smoking, in the Saudi capital Riyadh, Dr Hamad Al-Manie said: "I have met with representatives from tobacco companies in the kingdom at my office before. And I informed them of the ministry's plan to file a lawsuit against their companies." The English-language Saudi newspaper Arab News said ...
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