Asian shipbreaking and toxic African tobacco

Public Eye "Who is enticing young Africans to start smoking particularly harmful cigarettes? (...) Lausanne-based reporter Marie Maurisse examines the secret recipes that Swiss tobacco companies use for cigarettes earmarked for export to Africa, in particular to Morocco. In 2017 alone, 2,900 tonnes – or 3,625 billion cigarettes – were exported to the country. Tests undertaken exclusively for her research “The blazing success of Swiss cigarettes in Africa” revealed a scandalous double standard." (Photo: Jan Truter/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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