Cola or Tobacco: What Must be Banned? BBS Questions the Government
Summary
Chandigarh, India, August 24, 2006 --( In a memorandum delivered to the Indian Prime Minister and the Health Minster, Burning Brain Society has questioned the government if it had any scientific evidence that Cola consumption has resulted in even one death over the last 50 years.Hemant Goswami, the chairperson of BBS alleged that as per the audited balance sheet of one of the biggest tobacco manufacturer, most of the parliamentarians were receiving money from the tobacco industry in the name of political donation and this seemed to be a reason for their double standards on public health.“Are these statistics not enough for the Indian government to chalk an eradication plan for tobacco instead of wasting its energy on the Cola controversy,” Goswami questioned.### Chandigarh, India, August 24, 2006 --( PR.com )-- As a sideline to the ongoing controversy in India on the issue of putting a ban on the sale of aerated cola drinks, Burning Brain Society, an NGO has questioned the intentions and rational of the Indian parliamentarians in demanding such a ban.In a memorandum delivered to the Indian Prime Minister and the Health Minster, Burning Brain Society has questioned the government if it had any scientific evidence that Cola consumption has resulted in even one death over the last 50 years.BBS pointed out that if government could think of banning Cola without any known fatalities associated with cola consumption then why can’t the government initiate a plan to ban tobacco which is known to cause millions of deaths?Hemant Goswami, the chairperson of BBS alleged that as per the audited balance sheet of one of the biggest tobacco manufacturer, most of the parliamentarians were receiving money from the tobacco industry in the name of political donation and this seemed to be a reason for their double standards on public health.