A Tale of Two Evils : ISIS is Gone, but the #Tobacco #Industry Remains
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Smoking was the first act of many people released from control of the Islamic state. Yet cigarettes remain a major danger in the #Arab_world, which is subject to the pressures and manoeuvres of the tobacco industry. It’s an emblematic symbol of liberation from ISIS across Iraq and Syria. Alongside burned veils and shaved beards, cigarettes and smoking have become linked to the demise of the self-proclaimed caliphate’s territorial holdings. Raqqa, freed from ISIS’s yoke, is the latest city to (...)
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