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Article

25 Aug 2001

Author:
Greg Winter, New York Times Service, in International Herald Tribune

Tobacco Lures World's Teens - Free Cigarettes Find Their Way to Underage Smokers

Just as it is in the United States, giving cigarettes to teenagers is illegal in many countries, including Albania. But while the practice has all but disappeared in America, it goes on in many developing nations, and Philip Morris is not the only tobacco company that the World Health Organization has accused of enticing teenagers with free cigarettes.