Introduction: The powerful tobacco industry nowadays seems to be defenseless against legal attacks on it. In the past it has successfully faced all legal challenges despite of the fact that the hazard of smoking was widely known. On the contrary anti-tobacco forces kept on accusing them. In recent years, cigarette manufacturers changed their strategies. The tobacco industry is facing heavy criticism these days. They are accused of supporting smuggling of tobacco. They are also being …showed first 75 words of 2429 total…

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