Demerara Tobacco Company Limited (Demtoco) is concerned that the long in the works Tobacco Bill, if passed, could severely affect the ability of the company to continue to operate.
This is according to Demtoco’s Managing Director Maurlain Kirton, who told shareholders at the company’s 82nd Annual General Meeting that it has shared with the government the “industry’s position,” which includes a request “for balanced regulation that offers an opportunity for the existence of smokers and non-smokers with some level of restriction.”
“There are measures that [the tobacco industry] perceive to be very draconian,” Kirton later explained to
