MANILA, Philippines — The governments of low and middle-income countries should not fall for the ploy of some groups of dangling money in exchange for securing policies favorable to their vested interests.
This warning was issued on Wednesday by the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA), a group of tobacco harm reduction advocates.
“Government should keep away from such foreign special interest, grant-for-policy schemes which might compromise the rights of local consumers to choose better products for their health,” Nancy Loucas, CAPHRA executive director, said in a statement.
She was referring to policies that “restrict and even ban” alternative …
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