Post by messi05 on Jan 24, 2024 5:51:21 GMT
According to the Constitution, free enterprise is not absolute. It is conditioned by other values, such as the right to health and consumer protection. This was the argument presented by the Federal Attorney General's Office in the Federal Supreme Court when defending Resolution 14/2016 of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), which established restrictions on the use of additives in cigarettes. The resolution has been suspended since 2013, when Minister Rosa Weber granted an injunction in an action that questions the constitutionality of the rule. Filed in 2012, the action was included in the STF agenda last week, but was not judged.
According to the National Confederation of Buy Phone Number List Industry (CNI), author of the action, the resolution violates the principles of legal reserve and free enterprise. When defending that free enterprise is not absolute, the AGU stated that the questioned resolution seeks to defend the right to health and consumer protection. According to the AGU, the use of additives aims to make the taste and aroma of cigarettes more pleasant for new consumers, especially children and adolescents. Furthermore, many of the substances used by the industry further intensify the health damage caused by nicotine.
The global consensus around the need to restrict additives is such that the ban is provided for in the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, signed by 176 countries — among them, Brazil. The AGU also warns that, according to a study by the National Cancer Institute (Inca), more than 250,000 Brazilians die annually as a result of cigarette use — which represents 12% of deaths among people over 35 years of age. Furthermore, the country spends R$57 billion annually on smoking, with R$39.4 billion on the treatment of tobacco-related diseases and another R$17.5 billion on indirect costs related to loss of productivity and worker incapacitation. and premature deaths. In other words, much more than the R$13 billion raised in taxes paid by the cigarette industry.
According to the National Confederation of Buy Phone Number List Industry (CNI), author of the action, the resolution violates the principles of legal reserve and free enterprise. When defending that free enterprise is not absolute, the AGU stated that the questioned resolution seeks to defend the right to health and consumer protection. According to the AGU, the use of additives aims to make the taste and aroma of cigarettes more pleasant for new consumers, especially children and adolescents. Furthermore, many of the substances used by the industry further intensify the health damage caused by nicotine.
The global consensus around the need to restrict additives is such that the ban is provided for in the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, signed by 176 countries — among them, Brazil. The AGU also warns that, according to a study by the National Cancer Institute (Inca), more than 250,000 Brazilians die annually as a result of cigarette use — which represents 12% of deaths among people over 35 years of age. Furthermore, the country spends R$57 billion annually on smoking, with R$39.4 billion on the treatment of tobacco-related diseases and another R$17.5 billion on indirect costs related to loss of productivity and worker incapacitation. and premature deaths. In other words, much more than the R$13 billion raised in taxes paid by the cigarette industry.
