Central News East: 23.12.1986: Cheap Cigarettes

Summary

John Mitchell item on the effects on the UK tobacco industry caused by the importation of cheap foreign cigarettes.

Year:

1986

Duration:

0:02:39

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

Shots of people smoking in a pub and close up shot of an ashtray. Close up of packet of John Player cigarettes. The Imperial Tobacco firm are re-launching the brand and at the same time cutting the price by 5p which is likely to lead to a price war. Quick shot of Red Band cigarettes in shop. Library shots of cigarette production at Imperial Tobacco in Nottingham. Interview with Mick Mulhearn of the Tobacco Workers Union who talked about the influx of cheap cigarettes particularly those from West Germany. Interview with Geoff Hoon MEP for Derbyshire who said that lower priced cigarettes would encourage people to smoke more.


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