Mongolia: Marlboro man shoots himself in the foot
What can Philip Morris (PM) be thinking of? Earlier this year, the corporate affairs executive of its Mongolian subsidiary walked into the office of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), the only international non-governmental organisation working on tobacco and disease projects in Mongolia, and invited them to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in June. It was for “members of parliament and selected officials from relevant ministries and government agencies”, he said, and was mainly intended to discuss tobacco, import taxes, and cigarette smuggling issues. It later emerged …
