LETTER: Tobacco sector calls the shots
It is time we stopped allowing a malign industry to dictate public health policy
30 July 2019 - 05:00
Your article on the pushback against the need for new tobacco legislation refers “Tobacco industry opposes laws to curb smoking (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2019-07-29-tobacco-industry-opposes-laws-to-curb-smoking/)” (July 29).
The public opinion is supposedly represented by a survey commissioned by a tobacco company. I expect journalists to be more discerning than that. A survey commissioned by an interested party is not a plausibly independent view of the public’s opinions...
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