Alcohol industry's hopes up in smoke?
By Ben Cooper | 5 February 2001
The smoke warnings have been billowing from the tobacco industry for years. But the problems of how to market alcohol in the face of drink-driving, health and alcohol abuse issues have not been solved. In the first of a series of articles on the subject Ben Cooper investigates the conflict between morality, health and the alcohol business.
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The smoke warnings have been billowing from the tobacco industry for years. But the problems of how to market alcohol in the face of drink-driving, health and alcohol abuse issues have not been solved. In the first of a series of articles on the subject Ben Cooper investigates the conflict between morality, health and the alcohol business.

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