Norway's newly appointed health minister has caused controversy by saying people should be allowed to eat, smoke and drink "as much as they want".
Sylvi Listhaug also said smokers were made to feel like outcasts.
Critics say she has little understanding of what public health is.
Listhaug says she does not plan to be the moral police, and will not tell people how to live their lives but intend to help people get information that forms the basis for making choices.
Norway's health minister is a former smoker herself.
[Source: BBC]
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