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PRESS INFORMATION
YOT TO& PUBLICATNU PtX-k$l BEFORE ol.oo HRS. MIDAy
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'rho wocldvido annual death tall tram tobacco will
increase from Its
present 2.5 million to around 10 million by the
year 2030. the bulk
of this izLcrna.o will, lie in the Third World.
and a large percentage
of there deaths will be attributable to the
questionable tactics of
British tobacco interests. according to Dr Judith
Jkckay. Director of
gas AsL= Conaultanc7 on Tobacco Control. In Londoo
to &ddruse
zmabers of The, British Thoracic Society. at
Unsington Town Rall,
today (Friday 7th December) De Mackay exposes some
41 the ways in
which acitlxh and macican tobacco companies attmpt
to interfere
with developing countries, own laws to establish
profitable now
markets. Dr Neckar says that of particular concors
is their .
targetting of wommon. only U of whom currently
sm*ko LA developing
countries. 61n Hong Zan$. for *%&"Is.' the say#
*where only 1Z of
women under 40 awks. the transostionAl tobacco
companies have,
Launch*d 'female, brands, with multi-million
dollar budgets. showIft
imager of Vattern beauty. eLlmose and desirability
combined with
clear messagv~ that smking will lead, to
emancipation. What those
woman do not realist is that. In 30 years. around
a quarter of then
will be dying from the affects of that form of
emancipation'.
Munro & i orsw
PUNIC Pmations I Id
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BAT Industries document for Province of British
Columbia 23 April 1999