Irish retailers lobby group accused of cosying up with Big Tobacco
Anti-tobacco body funded by Bloomberg points finger at Retailers Against Smuggling
An anti-tobacco campaign funded with $20 million from billionaire former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has identified an Irish retailers’ lobby group as an “ally” of Big Tobacco.
Research carried out by a group called Stopping Tobacco Organisations and Products (Stop) identified Irish shopkeepers’ organisation Retailers Against Smuggling (RAS) as being among dozens of European groups into which Big Tobacco has channelled funding in recent years.
RAS, which was set up in 2009 ...
