TAKE ACTION: Killing customers is NOT respectable (East Africa)

[Anna White]

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TAKE ACTION: Killing customers is NOT respectable (East Africa)
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Dear Friends,

Each year, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Nation Media Group list the top
ten "Most Respected Companies and Most Respected CEOs" in East Africa.
In December 2002, they reported that Tanzania Cigarette Company* ranked
6th and its CEO ranked 3rd as, respectively, the "Most Respected
Company" and "Most Respected CEO."

Phillip Karugaba of TEAN (Uganda) calls on GPTC members around the world
to set the record straight:  companies that make money off of products
that kill people when used as intended deserve no more respect than
serial killers! The inclusion of Tanzania Cigarette Company in the "Top
10" list condones corporate murder for profit.

     To send a quick letter-to-the-editor to newspapers that
     reported on the "Top 10" list, go to:
     http://petition.globalink.org/view.php?code=tanzania

Note: Letters should be short, hard-hitting, and original.

* Tanzania Cigarette Company has a joint venture with Japan Tobacco
International.

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