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Tobacco Control 2007;16:168-169
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Pakistan: BAT exploits environmental concerns

David Simpson

d.simpson@iath.org

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In April, national newspapers in Pakistan carried advertisements highlighting once again the strong relationship between the tobacco industry and the government. The local subsidiary of British American Tobacco (BAT) was bragging about a new park it was about to create in a joint venture with the government; and that the dignitary who had accepted its invitation to lay the foundation stone was none other than the prime minister.

Ghourgushti Environmental Park, in Attock district in the north west of the country, a new monument to BAT’s professed social responsibility, follows other public relations ventures such as the planting of millions of trees and—a bit of an own goal, this one—mobile clinics for patients who have suffered heart attacks and the like in remote areas (see Pakistan: weapons of mass deception. Tobacco Control 2004;13:7[Free Full Text] ). Meanwhile, despite the government’s assurances that it is working hard to control . . . [Full text of this article]







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