Web of Complicity
By now, you should be aware that major tobacco companies are increasing production in Third World nations and, for that matter, producing stronger, more lethal cigarettes for consumers in those countries—even as they piously try to discourage smoking in the United States.
Check out the Tobacco link on this page for more information.
Here’s a really interesting and somewhat sinister twist on the story. There’s apparently an unholy, if tacit, agreement between British American Tobacco and, of all people, Warner Bros. Productions to use Hollywood movies to encourage poor people to smoke more.
Read about how a group called Essential Action has done a great job of following up on this exploitation.
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