Van der Merwe said the study was done partly in response to the injudicious effort by the working group bureaucrats within the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) who are pushing for the adoption of Article 17 at the fifth FCTC Conference of the Parties (COP5) in Seoul, Korea, in November. "Their motivation has been the on-going failure to decrease the demand for tobacco products that has resulted in an ill-conceived attempt to tackle the most vulnerable people in the supply chain, namely the farmers."
Amesema nchi nyingi duniani zimeanzisha matamasha ya biashara kwa lengo la kuhamasisha na kuendeleza biashara katika nchi zao nakupelekea kuinua uchumi wa nchi zao.Amesema Zanzibarhivi sasa imeona ni vyema na wao kuwa na utaratibu kama huo kila mwaka ili kuonanayo inapiga hatua kubwa kibiashara na kuimarisha uchumi wake.“Nchi kama Dubai,Singapore, China na nchi nyengine nyingi duniani wanayo matamasha ya biashara katika nchi zao na imekuwa ni kichocheo kikubwa cha kukuza biashara,” alisema Mazurui.