Don't You Believe It
You probably know by now that—even while they’re sponsoring look-good anti-smoking campaigns in the U.S.—major tobacco companies have accelerated cigarette production and distribution in other countries, especially poorer countries.
You may have heard one of their excuses. They say they are preserving jobs for nations that sorely need them. And they warn that recent job cuts are all because of anti-smoking initiatives by governments in places like South Africa.
They’re lying.
A South African economist took a look at employment patterns in his country. Lo and behold, he found that the tobacco companies were eliminating jobs long before the government introduced tobacco control legislation. Here’s the whole story.
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