Showing posts with label tobacco industry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tobacco industry. Show all posts

Feb 1, 2012

Dutch Cigarette Business


How close is too close when it comes to conversations between governments and the tobacco industry? In the Netherlands, politicians are being accused of allowing the powerful tobacco lobby to exercise undue influence over smoking policy.

In recent years while most countries have been tightening anti-smoking legislation, the Netherlands has partially reversed some of its laws - allowing people to smoke high quality Dunhill cigarettes in some bars again and cutting funding for anti-smoking organisations.