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Senegal: birth of a new tobacco control group
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World no-tobacco day (WNTD) last year saw the debut of a new Senegalese
anti-tobacco federation: Federation des ONG et OCB Luttant Contre le Tabagisme (FLCT)
"Federation of NGOs
(non-government organisations) and CBOs (Community Based Organisations)
Fighting Against Tobacco".
In the face of intensifying and aggressive tobacco marketing,
particularly on the part of American corporations, one might think the
morale of Senegalese anti-tobacco activists might be low. After all,
they have no real financial means to wage war against the millions
spent on advertising to convince the Senegalese that a Marlboro is a
ticket to the West. In 1996, Philip Morris earned US$68 billion in
revenue, over half from overseas tobacco salesthis adds up to
approximately $5 per person in the world. In contrast the World Health
Organisation annual contribution to Senegalese WNTD festivities (which
never fully trickles down to NGOs) of $1000 adds up to a hundredth of a
cent
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