One Of The Tobacco Industry's "Greatest Scams" Has Just Been Uncovered
Tom Hale
By Tom Hale
23 Aug 2018, 17:26
Tobacco remains a massive threat to global health. Of the 1.1 billion smokers, around half will die as a result of their habit. With much of the world now well aware of smoking’s health risks, Big Tobacco has turned to some sinister methods to keep loyal customers puffing away.
Two new studies from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath, UK have revealed that the multinational tobacco industry is not only involved in a “monumental scam†by being complicit in the smuggling of its own products, it's also attempting to control the watchdog set up to prevent this.
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/one-of-the-tobacco-industrys-greatest-scams-has-just-been-uncovered/
