Obama Goes to Bat for Big Tobacco in TPP

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16. Harvard School of Public Health: "World looking at a billion deaths from tobacco this century."

Tobacco killed about 100 million people during the 20th century, and globally tobacco use is rising rapidly. According to the World Health Organization, unless drastic action is taken it will claim 1 billion lives this century.

“The world is looking at a billion deaths from tobacco in this century. Rather than provide health leadership, the United States is helping the tobacco industry to repeat the cycle of disease it placed in our nation,” said Gregory Connolly of the Harvard School of Public Health.

“Our government’s trade policy is promoting the tobacco epidemic, this time in the poorest nations of the globe.” Dr. Connolly successfully challenged the US practice of compelling Asian nations to import US cigarettes or face unilateral trade sanctions. His work with Congress and scientific articles contributed to a Clinton Administration executive order removing tobacco from trade negotiations, which this latest action has reversed.
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