Criminal counterfeiter or lazy stereotype?
Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 21:36
Simon Clark

This video was produced by British American Tobacco in 2010.

I thought it was rather good but I understand it was criticised by tobacco control campaigners for portraying the criminals as stereotypical Eastern Europeans.

I wonder what those same campaigners will say about the criminal mastermind featured in a new video produced by the Belgian Foundation against Cancer?

PS. "Leading anti-tobacco campaigner" Simon Chapman has tweeted that it's a "video from a criminal counterfeiter".

Looks like an actor to me.

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