The Tobacco Retailers Alliance responded by writing to HMRC and the Department of Health to warn that through no fault of their own, independent shops will unknowingly become complicit in the illicit tobacco trade and face possible prosecution. Department of Health spokesperson Kathy ORourke responded: HMRC is monitoring the situation to identify whether standardised packaging has changed the circumstances of the fraud, and if a different operational response is needed. However, TRA spokesperson Suleman Khonat said the response shows that the DoH is entirely unwilling to face up to its responsibilities and passing the buck to anyone it can. He added: This is classic example of a policy pushed by the health lobby with little regard for retailers
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The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Article 12.4 specifically refers to the 2020 goal of achieving the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, while Article 3a explicitly calls to [s]trengthen the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, as appropriate (United Nations 2015b)