Jump to full article: Trinidad Express (tt), 2008-02-19
Author: Aretha Welch
Intro: Despite rising prices and several public health warnings, smokers still spent thousands of dollars on cigarettes within the last 12 months.
The West Indian Tobacco Company has reported a record profit of $157 million for the company's last financial year, which ended on December 31 2007.
An advertisement published in yesterday's newspapers displayed the company's profit earnings for the last year. . . .
And while most smokers the Express questioned said they still smoke the same amount they did when they just started, some admitted that in spite of the much talked about health risks, their daily cigarette quota had grown with time. . . .
However, yesterday, Health Minister Jerry Narace said the Government had taken up the fight against cigarette addiction and will be doing its share of work to help decrease the number of smokers and the amount of cigarettes used in Trinidad and Tobago.
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