Tobacco companies deny targeting teenagers
Jump to full article: BBC Online, 2000-10-10
Intro: In a report, published on Tuesday, ASH said industry claims that cigarettes are an adult-only product actually aim to make them more attractive to teenagers.
They said while manufacturers supported initiatives to stop teenagers smoking, their sponsorship of events like formula one motor racing also aimed to make the habit more appealing. . .
Professor Gordon McVie, director general of the CRC, said: "Anyone whose job in life is promoting cigarettes should never be allowed near teenagers. You just can't trust them with truth and you can't trust them with young people." . .
However, John Carlisle, public affairs director for Tobacco Manufacturers Association described the claims as wild.
"We totally refute these wild allegations masquerading as a new report. In reality they are old accusations with a new title.
"It demonstrates how desperate the anti-tobacco forces have become in trying to publicise their tax funded activities."
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