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THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's
Background Briefing Program:
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Sunday, February 27, 9.10am
Repeated Tuesday, February 29, 7.10pm
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AUSTRALIA: SMOKING THE THIRD WORLD
Produced by Steven Skinner
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ON-AIR PROMO:
Cigarettes are unhealthy; everyone knows that.
Yet we - here in Australia - are now developing smokes designed to appeal
to Asia and the Middle East. In Papau New Guinea, Australian companies
already make cigarettes extra big, and wrapped in newspaper, for that
market. Now, new documents reveal that we're also quite happy to give them
a big tar hit in Africa.
Light up on
Background Briefing, Sunday morning after the news at 9.
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PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT:
While the regulatory debate about smoking rages on the home front,
Australian cigarette companies are exporting their tobacco products to
Africa, Indonesia and the Middle East. Countries where government
regulations aren't so strict.
Even as the Commonwealth finances campaigns which encourage Australians to
quit smoking, government departments are providing tax concessions to the
industry and funding the design of new cigarettes for export to Australians
and the third world.
Big profits, big tax revenues, big media, big tobacco. And your tax dollars.
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LAST WEEK: Transcripts now available on-line:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing
DIRTY DIAMONDS
Produced by Stan Correy BB 20/02/2000
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