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You know that oft-repeated story of government and corporate greed that the tobacco industry represents? Of how evidence of health fall-out from tobacco use was first hidden, then outright disguised with the use of adverts with doctors as ‘smoker models’ and women smoking ‘menthol’ cigarettes, giving the impression of safety and non-tobacco use?
All this to collect huge revenue from tobacco tax – until the world woke up to the fact that the revenue was being spent on treating the very sick who got into hospitals because of tobacco use.
Well, as we mark Earth day with a flurry of resolutions to stop plastics use and segregate our waste and reduce use of unnecessary water and electricity, we are dangerously treading the same path – only this time, it’s about the environment instead of our health .
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