ASH Protests At BAT’s Footprint On Africa

As British American Tobacco celebrates 100 years of trade in Africa at its AGM in London (on Wednesday, 30th April), campaigners will be external, protesting about the heavy footprint it leaves on the continent - death, starvation, poverty, and environmental destruction. A new report by ASH, BAT’s African Footprint [1], says that while smoking is declining in the West, BAT’s profits in Asia and Africa grew by £2 million to £470 million final year.

Original post by Women’s Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today

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