Tobacco, Religion, and Faith Issues -
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Published on: 10/17/2001
Last Visited: 7/18/2002
-Reverend Joe Asila, Executive Director, Social Needs Network, Kisumu, Kenya (secretary general of Covenant Pentecostal Church, and SOLProject's partner in Essential Action's Global Partnership for Tobacco Control)
"Philip Morris (maker of Marlboro) has a new slogan: 'People Making a Difference.' Let's be clear about what they mean: their aim and business is the purposeful creation of addiction to their deadly drug, particularly amongst communities of color and the poorest of the poor around the world.That's their way of 'making a difference.' We can make a better difference by exposing what they really are up to and standing up to them."