Spendlove concluded that Soviet officials frequented and yielded tremendous influence over Ghanas press, radio and information apparatus. Furthermore, he alleged that Russians distributed reading material in English on a prodigious scale, gratis and for sale. While Spendlove was delighted that the GhanaSoviet Friendship Societies, which brought Soviet speakers and showcased and discussed Soviet film and literature, had been shut down, he noted that the two states had a generous two-way visitors programme, a vigorous scholarship scheme, readily accepted training facilities for journalists and radio people and regular book presentations.Footnote 220 However, the US State Department rubbished claims that Ghana was a Soviet puppet (Figure 1.10)
By 2012, per-smoker consumption had fallen to 8,200 cigarettes, or just over a pack a day
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