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Uruguay v the tobacco giant

When Uruguay introduced a pioneering smoking ban, it was taken to court by tobacco company Philip Morris.

Uruguay was one of the first countries in the world to introduce anti-smoking laws.

But in 2010, the tobacco giant Philip Morris took the country to court claiming the measures devalued its investments.

The case pitted the right of a country to introduce health policies against the commercial freedoms of a cigarette company.

Uruguay鈥檚 former Public Health Minister Mar铆a Julia Mu帽oz tells Grace Livingstone about the significance of the ban and its fallout.

(Photo: An anti-tobacco installation in Montevideo, Uruguay. Credit: Pablo La Rosa/Reuters)

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