Tobacco company helped shape European policy system favoring corporate profits over public health

Tobacco company helped shape European policy system favoring corporate profits over public health 
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-01/plos-tch010610.php 
 
"British American Tobacco (BAT), the world's second largest tobacco transnational, strategically influenced the European Union's framework for evaluating policy options, leading to the acceptance of an agenda which emphasizes business interests over public health, according to a study published in PLoS Medicine."