TY - JOUR T1 - Senegal: birth of a new tobacco control group JF - Tobacco Control JO - Tob Control SP - 14 LP - 14 DO - 10.1136/tc.8.1.14-d VL - 8 IS - 1 AU - ANNA WHITE Y1 - 1999/03/01 UR - http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/8/1/14.4.abstract N2 - 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 sales—this … ER -