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There are no health
warnings on the cigarettes sold in Third
World Countries.
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There
are no advertising
and sponsorship controls
in Third World countries.
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Smoking
is portrayed as a sophisticated
Western habit, thus encouraging people to start
smoking.
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In
some countries cigarettes have been given
away to young people.
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As
people in the Third World become addicted to tobacco
they have less
money available for necessities such as
food.
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the populations start to suffer the ill-health consequences of smoking the already over-stretched
health services of Third World countries will be
unable to cope. |
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| Tobacco
companies offer third world farmers seed, fertilizer,
training and development loans (which trap the farmer
into a cycle of debt).
They guarantee the price plus prompt payment, thus
making tobacco an attractive 'cash crop' which is
often grown in place of much needed food, which
contributes to food
shortages. |
