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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell and Henry Dyer

UK MPs urged to give up freebies from tobacco, alcohol and junk food firms

A man smoking a cigarette
‘There is no such thing as a free lunch,’ the groups’ report says. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA Media

MPs are being urged to stop accepting freebies to sports and cultural events from tobacco, alcohol and junk food firms because their products cause so much illness and death.

More than 100 health groups are urging Britain’s lawmakers to reject offers of gifts and hospitality from “unhealthy products industries” because they use an array of underhand tactics to disguise the harm they create in order to protect their sales.

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