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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kat Lay, Global health correspondent

‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK

A field of small green tobacco plants
Tobacco plants growing in a nursery in Zambia. BAT sought the removal of broad restrictions on flavoured tobacco products in the draft bill. Photograph: Tobacco Board of Zambia

British American Tobacco has been accused of “utter hypocrisy” for lobbying against tobacco control measures in Africa that are already in place in the UK.

A letter seen by the Guardian, sent from the company’s subsidiary in Zambia to the country’s government ministers, asks for plans to ban tobacco advertising and sponsorship to be abandoned or delayed.

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