Tobacco company helped shape European policy system favoring corporate profits over public health
January 12th, 2010. Published under My Recent Reads. No Comments.
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British American Tobacco (BAT), the world’s second largest tobacco transnational, strategically influenced the European Union’s framework for evaluating policy options, leading to the acceptance of an agenda which emphasizes business interests over public health, according to a study published in PLoS Medicine.