The Freedom of Commercial Speech Trust immediately issued a statement that it will brief a legal team to challenge in court the constitutionality of the legislation, which Trust chairman Neil Jacobsohn called "flawed and ill-conceived." But Dr. Yussuf Saloojee, director of the National Council Against Smoking, said the decision was "a victory for health."
The health committee made some minor amendments to the bill, one of which allows people to wear clothing bearing tobacco trademarks without fear of prosecution.
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