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Suit filed against anti-smoking group over links to Big Tobacco
Several accusations have been made by the former anti-smoking foundation’s director of social media. By AFP Friday 15 Jan 2021, 9:40 PM Jan 15th 2021, 9:40 PM 33,335 Views 15 Comments
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Image: Shutterstock/MeskPhotography
A FORMER EMPLOYEE has filed a suit against the Smoke-Free World foundation, charging she was fired after raising concerns the non-profit was taking orders from tobacco companies, including promoting teen vaping.
In the whistleblower suit filed in New York earlier this week, the foundation’s former director of digital and social media, Lourdes Liz, maintains she was wrongfully sidelined and subsequently fired after raising questions about its ties to “Big Tobacco”.