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Pakistan: that boat again
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BAT has learned little from having its John Player Gold Leaf
ocean going sailing boat banned in Bangladesh and declared
navicula non grata in Sri Lanka
(Tobacco Control
2000;9:9,129). Continuing its marketing of
addictive and carcinogenic products by associating them with the
healthy, exciting sport of ocean racing, whipping up a frenzy of
advertising and sponsored events for young people at ports of call, the
"Voyage of Discovery" arrived back in Karachi in September. It had
already visited the city, the largest in the country, on its way east
the previous year, and free cigarettes were handed out to an estimated
10 000 youngsters at promotional events. This time Pakistani health
advocates decided to go to court, inspired by legal success in
Bangladesh and assisted by colleagues there (Bangladesh was formerly
East Pakistan). While not getting a ban in time to stop the visit, they
did achieve two
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