Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) accused tobacco giant Philip Morris on Wednesday (11 September) of seeking to "sabotage" a proposed update of the EU's tobacco directive, which was recently postponed in the European Parliament.
Industry claims the directive could have "devastating" economic effects on some countries in Europe and beyond.
Speaking at an anti-tobacco conference in New Delhi, Chan said a "massive army" of over one hundred lobbyists had been deployed to block the bill's passage, backing a report published in The Guardian newspaper.
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