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Anti-smoking row over fraud claims 

ANTI-SMOKING campaigners today accused the tobacco industry of a "sickening fraud" over its initiatives to stub out teenage smoking. . .

"The more they try to define smoking as only for adults the more they are saying, 'hey kids smoking's for gown-ups', but with a sly nod and a wink.""It's blatantly obvious they want to associate the anti-smoking message with parents, teachers and other 'boring' representatives of adult authority. But they reserve the people that make a difference, like racing drivers and other celebrities, for promoting smoking."A spokesman for British American Tobacco, against which many of the accusations were levelled, dismissed the claims.

"There is no such thing as a fool-proof strategy to prevent youth smoking, though we do invest a lot of money in schemes across the world," the spokesman said.

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