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Governments have been preparing draft legislation banning tobacco and liquor advertising over the last eight years but there is no sign of its implementation. Prof. Narada Warnasooriya dean of the faculty of medicine of the Sri Jayawardhanapura University said at the 27th Senaka Bibile Memorial Ceremony at the Public Library Auditorium on Wednesday.

The draft legislation had gone through so many alterations that what is now before the justice ministry is a mere dilution of what was presented eight years ago, he said. The power of the multinationals who sell cigarettes and liquor is so great.

Senior journalist Denagama Siriwardane, Dr. Nishantha Dassanayake, and convenor of MFSAC Nishantha Kularathne also addressed the ceremony.

The memorial ceremony had been organized by Medical Faculty Students’ Action Committee.