The US government sends a perverse message through its newly announced policy of supporting tobacco exports to developing nations while pontificating about the dangers of teenage smoking.
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Cummings, C. The hypocrisy of US tobacco policy. Nat Med 1, 989–990 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1095-989
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1095-989
