To cite one example, a 1990 European Union directive imposed a limit of 15 milligrams of tar per cigarette as well as a nicotine limit. However, to meet those limits on tar and nicotine, one company’s documents reveal that instead of altering the cigarettes, the firm deliberately manipulated the standards by changing how they measure the substances. How were they able to get away with it? “ The companies were able to do this because they effectively control the tobacco committee [that] sets such tests, ” reports New Scientist.
ჯანდაცვის მსოფლიო ორგანიზაციის ერთ - ერთი წევრი, სტელა ბიალუსი, ამბობს: „აქედან კარგად ჩანს, რომ საზოგადოების დაცვის საკითხში ეს ზომები უსარგებლოა“.