Perhaps it is not so surprising after all that Margaret Thatcher should progress from being Prime Minister to working for a tobacco company.
Tobacco taxes are the number one source of revenues for world governments.
Tobacco was also the most important single source of capital for the young government of the United States, and was the most important revenue source for the imperialist expansion of governments from the 16th to the 19th centuries - more important than all the gold and silver stolen from the new world, and far more important than any domestic or international business interests then or now. You can give a rating to this scheme overall. Click 0-10 below and press the Submit button.