"A Curtain of smoke: a secret plan"
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Intro: In the 1990s, two powerful international tobacco companies, BAT and Philip Morris, carried out in Chile a secret plan devised not only to stimulate the consumption and sales of cigarettes in Latin America, but also to divert attention from the harmful effects of tobacco.
The Truth about the Latino Project
How many parents know today that Chile is the country where the largest percentage of school children smoke? How many addicted smokers know that one out of two will die of a smoking-related illness? The so-called Latino Project was created in our country by way of the Chiletabaco company, a subsidiary of BAT.
Carola Fuentes ceded the 10 million exclusive documents that had been in the hands of the big tobacco companies and had been declassified two years ago by the North American justice system and by British tribunals. These documents give accounts of the millions of dollars that were invested in contracting out to scientists; instructions to the Chilean subsidiary, and how they influenced the work of Chilean legislators.
Who is behind this exclusive strategy? What will happen with the smuggling accusations against the large companies? Why hasn't Chile signed on to the important conventions of the World Health Organization in this area?
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