The tobacco industry is earning double from patients who have become ill from smoking through billions in medical investments. Outrage among doctors is high, but opinions differ as to what conclusions they should draw from this. Read the full article in the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (in Dutch)
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A quarter of Dutch pension funds, including major players such as Shell, Heineken and Retail, do not rule out investing in the tobacco industry. In doing so, they are contravening the United Nations guidelines to which they subscribe, according to research by The Investigative Desk. If you had invested one dollar in US tobacco stocks
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