The tobacco industry is spending vast sums of money to fight government's attempts to tighten smoking laws and regulate electronic cigarettes - and it has managed to recruit some unlikely allies.
Over the past three months, the tobacco industry has mounted a massive campaign against government's proposed legislation to clamp down on smoking and to control electronic cigarettes - and a key part of this has involved co-opting journalists, health professionals, trade unions and researchers.
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