80 million a day: big tobacco’s new frontier

Below is a link to a story done by Australian Broadcasting Corporation on the tobacco industry (particularly PMI) and their deadly and aggressive tactics in Indonesia. Matt Myers from CTFK is interviewed, and the story goes into detail about the toll of tobacco in Indonesia – it is approximately a 26 minute story.  Below is the description from ABC’s Web site, and the entire story can be read and viewed on the links below.

“It’s a staggering national habit and it’s grown into a juggernaut of a killing machine claiming an annual toll eclipsing the Aceh tsunami. Welcome to the warning-free, smoking free-for-all that’s become Big Tobacco’s big new frontier. It’s a staggering national habit and it’s grown into a juggernaut of a killing machine claiming an annual toll eclipsing the Aceh tsunami. Welcome to the warning-free, smoking free-for-all that’s become Big Tobacco’s big new frontier.”
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