Project Description
AL JAZEERA- 1 X 30 minutes
Africa Investigates – Lighting Up
An investigation into how Big Tobacco is moving into Africa and trying to block anti-tobacco control legislation through bribery, intimidation, and political interference. Tobacco is a billion-dollar industry, but it has a big problem. In most parts of the world, its market is shrinking, restricted by health concerns. Africa is its only growing market. In Kenya, the Government Health Ministers have been trying to introduce anti smoking regulations common in more developed countries. But former British American Tobacco security adviser and now turned Whistle-blower Paul Hopkins exclusively reveals that BAT have been bribing some Government politicians for years to block tobacco controls. In this film we expose how this multinational billion-dollar company operates in Kenya and the rest of Africa.
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