A “Responsible” Tobacco Company? Philip Morris International’s Actions Contradict CEO’s Claim

Camilleri downplays tobacco's toll, dismisses youth concerns at shareholders' meeting

Confronted by activists – including youth who traveled to New York City to attend Philip Morris International’s annual…
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Guilty: Philip Morris Executive in Pakistan Fined for Violating Advertising Rules

A civil magistrate in Pakistan has found the head of marketing for Philip Morris Pakistan Ltd. guilty of violating Pakistan’s law that tightly restricts cigarette advertising, criticizing the executive’s excuse that he didn’t believe…
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Wanted: Pakistan Charges Philip Morris Executive with Advertising Violations

The Marlboro Man has galloped into trouble in Pakistan.

A Pakistani judge has issued an arrest warrant for the head of…
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Philip Morris International Seeks to Buy Influence Over Trade Policy By Sponsoring Exclusive Washington, DC, Event

WASHINGTON, DC — As the United States and other countries negotiate a trade agreement that could impact efforts to reduce tobacco use worldwide, Philip Morris International is trying to buy access and influence by sponsoring an exclusive corporate…
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Drastic Price Decrease Threatens to Increase Youth Smoking Rates in Senegal

WASHINGTON, DC — In a move sure to increase tobacco use among youth, Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced that it will lower the price of its most popular cigarette brand, Marlboro by nearly 40 percent in Senegal.

Senegal…
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ABC’s 20/20: Philip Morris International’s Link to Indonesia’s “Mini-explosion of Smoking Babies”

With Indonesia in the grip of what it calls an "uncontrolled tobacco epidemic," ABC’s 20/20 turns its cameras beyond the shocking images of smoking babies…
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Philip Morris International CEO Claims It Isn’t Hard to Quit Smoking – Comment is Irresponsible and Contradicted by Science

According to a report by the Associated Press, Philip Morris International CEO Louis Camilleri today stated at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in New York that, while cigarettes are addictive, “it is not that hard to quit.”…
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Report: Philip Morris Celebrates Tobacco Profits Despite Millions of Lives Lost

In connection with Philip Morris International's (PMI) May 11 annual shareholders' meeting in New York City, Corporate Accountability International (CAI) has released a report that highlights the deadly impact of PMI’s business and the…
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Nations Support Uruguay Against Threat by Philip Morris International, Declare Governments Have Right to Implement Effective Tobacco

PUNTA DEL ESTE, URUGUAY (November 18, 2010) – Nations meeting in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on the world's first public health treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control  (FCTC), today approved a declaration supporting Uruguay's…
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Philip Morris International Uses Deadly Volcano as Marketing Tool in Indonesia

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is truly appalling that Philip Morris International and its Indonesian subsidiary, Sampoerna, are taking advantage of the deadly volcano eruption in Indonesia as a marketing opportunity.

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PMI Targets Developing World with Marketing Tactics Prohibited or No Longer Used in U.S., Other Developed Nations

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Since being spun off from its U.S. parent company a year ago, Philip Morris International (PMI) has targeted developing countries with marketing tactics that are prohibited in the U.S. and other developed nations or that…
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Marlboro MXBeat Concert Series Defies Mexico’s National Tobacco Control Law

WASHINGTON, D.C. – International and Mexican public health leaders today harshly criticized Philip Morris for its sponsorship of a four concert series entitled Marlboro MXBeat that unquestionably appeals to youth and violates Mexico’s…
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Health Advocates Call on Philip Morris International to End Concert Sponsorships in Indonesia

WASHINGTON, D.C.—For the second time in less than a year Indonesian public health leaders and public health leaders from around the world are calling on Philip Morris International to withdraw its sponsorship of a major music concert that appeals…
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Philip Morris International Drops Another Concert Sponsorship; Philippine Health Department Applauded

WASHINGTON, D.C – For the second time in a month, Philip Morris International has had to withdraw sponsorship and promotion of a concert in a developing country after coming under international criticism for engaging in cigarette marketing that…
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Philip Morris International Caught in Philippines in Another Concert Sponsorship

For the second time in recent weeks, international tobacco control advocates are calling on Philip Morris International to withdraw its sponsorship and promotion of a major concert, this time in the Philippines where the company's activities appear…
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