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BAT's Tobago control campaign
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The latest version of BAT's "the earth is flat" revivalist meetings for journalists in developing countries was a more local affair than usual, but it is interesting that it took place in Trinidad and Tobago. Perhaps this Caribbean country's obvious sophistication in knowledge about tobacco was what condemned it to receive one of BAT's disinformation attacks?
As chronicled in News Analysis recently, Trinidad's prime minister refused to attend the launch of Rothmans's Craven A brand last November, an example of good taste shared by a leading popular singer, Luciano, who tore down the brand's banners at a sell-out concert being used as part of the launch; the health minister has made tobacco control one of his top priorities; and one of the country's leading banks recently went smoke-free (Tobacco Control 1998;7:9-10).
This level of awareness about tobacco was presumably equated with
urgent need for attention in the
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