I note with some interest that BAT have admitted to funding the National Federation of Retail Newsagents' high profile campaign against a government ban on cigarette displays in shops.
In a letter to Labour MP Kevin Barron, BAT confirmed: "We have provided financial assistance to the NFRN in relation to this campaign." However, BAT denied it used "underhand tactics" or that the federation was a front for the company.
This nightmare goes on. There is no other product available in the UK which, if you follow the instructions for consumption will kill half of its consumers.
Under international guidelines, the UK government is obliged to ensure the drafting of all legislation is free from tobacco industry influence.
BAT's admission has prompted Barron to write to the Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, warning the government's commitment to tobacco control "is being undermined by covert lobbying by the tobacco industry".
I had a client this week who took the option of attending our second booster session as provided under the money back guarantee of Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking. This lady visited me at my home as she had to have the session so as not to alert her partner, who does not know she still smokes.
She is intelligent and successful but DESPERATE to stop smoking. A 40 year old woman in tears at the thought of continuing to smoke, leading a life secret from her partner.
Yet still these legalised drug dealers continue to do whatever it takes to encourage smokers to take more drugs in the full knowledge that it will eventually kill them.
If that shouldn't be described as 'criminal' - I don't know what should.
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