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Author(s) -
Blum Alan
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132489.x
Subject(s) - excise , shareholder , medicine , advertising , family medicine , business , political science , law , finance , corporate governance
IN HIS ADDRESS to shareholders at the annual meeting of Rothmans of Pall Mall (Australia) Ltd on September 28, Chairman Sir Robert Crichton‐Brown spoke of “the unfair burden already borne by smokers”. Although Sir Robert was referring to the new excise tax on cigarettes, a stroll through the wards of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, on whose Board of Directors he sits, would well illustrate the unfair burden of disease borne by smokers.