Tobacco Under Fire in Africa

Source from:  Tobacco Reporter 08/04/2010

As would be expected, the tobacco industry came under heavy fire during a recent meeting in Mozambique hosted by the Africa Tobacco Control Regional Initiative and the Framework Convention Alliance. According to a story by Victor Emeruwa for AfricaNews, the one day meeting in Maputo heard how tobacco companies were taking advantage of the less stringent tobacco control laws in Africa to market their products, while, at the same time, the tobacco industry was using the law to silence those who tried to describe the harmful effects tobacco had on consumers and the poverty it brought to already poor nations. Tobacco companies were said by one speaker to make donations to ensure the support of politicians and to manipulate scientific evidence so as to confuse consumers. Enditem