Jump to full article: Irish Times (ie), 2009-08-19
Author: ALISON HEALY
Intro: Ash Ireland chairwoman Dr Angie Brown highlighted Mr Burrows links with sport and said she was surprised that "such an esteemed figure" had decided to link up with the tobacco industry.
"Mr Burrows will be well aware that millions of people die from the effects of smoking around the world each year and many of these cigarettes are developed and manufactured by BAT," she said.
"This is an industry which aggressively markets an addictive killer product - and still endeavours to maintain that passive smoke is harmless - despite it being graded as a class one carcinogen by the WHO . . .
A spokeswoman for BAT said Mr Burrows was on holidays and was therefore unable to respond to the criticism. She said there was no suggestion that Mr Burrows was going to promote smoking, or to link sport with tobacco, when he took up his new role.
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