As we continue to suffer from brain drain, unemployment, crime, corruption, elitist health and education systems and frustration of the arts and artists, some of us seem content to dismiss these problems simply as worldwide trends. »

Now that the Tobacco Bill has been given the green light in the Senate, I hope that lawbreakers are penalised. This said, I find that the bill should be sanitised in terms of the extreme reprimand for selling one cigarette and smoking 15 metres from a school. »

Thank you Minister Narace, for finally getting to the root of the health issues that continue to plague T&T. »