smokescreens
Crooked officials and non-governmental organisations are working in cahoots with the tobacco industry to snuff out efforts to clamp down on the illicit trade of tobacco.
This is according to the South Africa Tobacco Industry Interference Index Report, an annual review of how governments protect public health policies from tobacco industry influence, released this week.
The report revealed that the tobacco industry partnered with NGOs that worked with the government on activities such as food programmes, academic
