PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian think tank allegedly received funding from the tobacco industry, to the extent that it clouded the proposals it made to the government against the tax on cigarettes, UK-based publication The Guardian reported.
The Guardian report said the free-market think tanks from Malaysia to Chile and Australia had received funding from the industry, alongside funds from governments, “as they argued against tobacco controls”.
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