GLOBAL
SOLIDARITY
AGAINST BIG TOBACCO
April 23-24, 2003
Richmond, VA
Photo
credit: AP/Wayne Scarberry
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Messages
that Our Global Partners
Asked Us to Bring to Louis Camilleri
and Altria Shareholders
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BENIN: Altria murders human lives in Benin. Stop peddling
death in Africa! (Bernard Dossou Dossa, Que Choisir Que Choisir)
- CAMEROON:
I would like the CEO of Altria to publicly acknowledge that
his company's tobacco products are extremely deadly and kill
thousands and thousands of people around the world each year.
(Alphonse Issi, Mouvement National des Consommateurs)
- JORDAN:
Maybe you are many times over a millionaire, but your riches
are tainted with the suffering and death of millions more. Altria/Philip
Morris is a "cemetery maker." (Muna Hamzeh, Ministry
of Health, Jordan)
- QATAR:
What is the price of a human life? What is the difference between
cigarettes and "weapons of mass destruction", in terms
of the number of people they kill? Cigarettes kill a lot more!
It is against God, for multinational companies to prey on people
in the "East." Are our lives worth less than your
lives in the West? (Dr. Rami Diabi)
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SRI LANKA: Would you encourage your own children to smoke?
If not, why not? If yes, why? (Manjari Peiris, Independent Journalist)
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UGANDA: How do you sleep, knowing that millions will
never see another sunrise because of a product you push? (Angelo
Izama, Monitor FM)
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URUGUAY: One day, you and your company will be brought
before an international tribunal for crimes against humanity
(Adriana Menendez, Sindicato Medico del Uruguay)
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