Letter to the Editor
Tobacco companies are booming despite an economic depression
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* Corresponding author: Eiji Yano eyano@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp
1 Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
2 Department of Social Medicine, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, PR China
Tobacco Induced Diseases 2009, 5:9 doi:10.1186/1617-9625-5-9
Published: 15 June 2009Abstract
During the past year, an economic crisis has affected economies and life styles throughout the world. However, the three largest transnational tobacco companies – Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco – showed excellent returns during this period, reflecting more widespread indirect exposure to smoking.