| President Yoweri Museveni affirmed that in Uganda | | | | that Tobacco Companies have is how to regulate the |
| there is one Tobacco Company that provides almost | | | | tobacco market. In Uganda started to put warning |
| one-sixteenth of Uganda's total tax revenue and | | | | labels about how dangerous is smoking on the |
| offers different jobs to more than half million people | | | | cigarette packs. |
| in a country that needs so much any kinds of jobs. | | | | Mr. Karugaba is trying to find a court order that |
| The company is helping the children that are infected | | | | would make these smoking restrictions more severe |
| with AIDS and the victims that have suffered from | | | | and maximize the purpose of the warnings. On the |
| the war. | | | | warning labels there was written: ''Ministry of Health |
| | | | warning: Cigarette smoking can be harmful to your |
| In Uganda there is an antismoking activist and a well | | | | health.'' |
| known lawyer, Phillip Karugaba. He has another opinion | | | | In the late 1980’s British American Tobacco said |
| about the tobacco company. He affirms that if there | | | | to the policy makers that they don’t believe that |
| were 1,000 B.A.T.'s there would be no more | | | | cigarette is harmful. In 1988 the British American |
| population in Africa. He is a person that tries to help | | | | Tobacco has wrote to the Ugandan government that |
| Africa follow the same rules like the entire world | | | | the message from the warning labels should be not |
| regarding smoking. B.A.T. is such a powerful and big | | | | so strong. But from that time the company has |
| company that is not considered to be a monster, but | | | | realized the bad health effects that are caused by |
| this is only for a while, he said. | | | | smoking. Mr. Karugaba is demanding clear messages |
| British American Tobacco is located in London but of | | | | about what smoking cigarettes could lead to. The |
| course it has subsidiaries in Africa and in countries | | | | antismoking movement in Africa has advanced in the |
| from all over the world. Smoking in Africa is still | | | | last years; lawsuits where individual smokers are |
| allowed on a lot of domestic airlines. In restaurants | | | | implicated are something usual. |
| and bars where people are smoking too. There are a | | | | Because the company was worried about its business |
| few hospitals that allow smoking a cigarette if they | | | | and image it has started a public relation campaign. |
| want. In Africa smoking is less controlled than in | | | | Uganda has its own Monitor, an independent |
| other countries. South Africa, with sub-Saharan | | | | newspaper that leads the population to discussions |
| Africa's is very strong in economy in comparison with | | | | about smoking. |
| Uganda which is far behind and it relies on the foreign | | | | But in the same time Moses Ali, who is the minister |
| economical assistance. | | | | of industry, trade and tourism has invited the |
| Because in many African countries is a lack of | | | | population to smoke like it is something related to |
| tobacco legislation, these countries are a target for a | | | | patriotism. He also said that no one is forced to |
| lot of tobacco companies. British American Tobacco is | | | | smoke cigarettes, but if there is someone that would |
| the second biggest cigarette manufacturer after Philip | | | | like to do this, he is welcome, because the state will |
| Morris. Many companies that have their tobacco | | | | get taxes from them. |
| business in Africa have tried everything possible to | | | | The most known cheerleader of all B.A.T. was Mr. |
| maintain Africa a smoking zone. But even though | | | | Museveni, and he said that the tobacco company is |
| they have tried so hard to do this, smoking bans | | | | the best things that ever happened to a country |
| appear in that part of the world, slowly but surely. | | | | that is so destitute. Mr. Museveni advised everyone |
| Mr. Karugaba's ordered the country's National | | | | to smoke but not to inhale the smoke, because it |
| Environmental Management Authority to make | | | | causes cancer. And he also said that Europeans have |
| smoking restrictions in public places; these bans have | | | | cancer problems because they inhale the smoke, His |
| to be enforced within a year. B.A.T asked if they | | | | father has smoked for 70 years but stayed alive by |
| could participate at the first meeting but they were | | | | not inhaling the smoke from the cigarettes. But in |
| not allowed to do that. | | | | Africa there are bigger health problems than the |
| Anti tobacco advocates affirm that the only goal | | | | tobacco usage: for example AIDS, malaria and others. |