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Concerns Over Influence of Tobacco Firms in Low Income Countries 

Jump to full article: Newswise, 2006-02-09

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This week’s BMJ raises serious concerns about the influence of global tobacco companies when they invest in low income countries.

Mexico and the tobacco industry: doing the wrong thing for the right reason? BMJ Volume 332 pp 353-4

British American Tobacco’s erosion of health legislation in Uzbekistan BMJ Volume 332 pp 355-8

Editorial: The tobacco industry in developing countries BMJ Volume 332 pp 313-4 . . .

BMJ Editor, Fiona Godlee adds: "It is depressing to hear from Ernesto Sebrie and Stanton Glantz that WHO has been silent about countries that fail to honour its framework convention on tobacco control. WHO took a brave stand a few years ago in facing up to its own tobacco links. Now is the time for WHO to speak out again."

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