Thai Advocates Successfully Counter Tobacco Industry Interference

The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health published a study describing how transnational tobacco companies used multiple strategies to interfere with tobacco control policymaking in Thailand and how the public…
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thailand, tobacco industry

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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louis camilleri, philip morris international, tobacco industry

UPDATE: Controversial China Tobacco Research Withdrawn from Prize Competition

Health advocates and scientists in China have won a major victory by forcing the withdrawal of research by the China National Tobacco Company from consideration for a prestigious national science prize. The Ministry of Science and Technology announced…
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children, china, china tobacco, tobacco industry, world health organization

Uproar in China over Tobacco Company’s Nomination for Science Prize

China's health and scientific community is rallying to block the China National Tobacco Corporation from receiving a prestigious national science prize for a research project on cigarettes that are supposedly less harmful.

The huge Chinese…
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china, tobacco industry, who

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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advertising and promotion, pakistan, philip morris international, tobacco industry

Big Profits for Bitter Harvest of Disease and Death

The global tobacco industry has long put profits before public health. Now China National Tobacco Corporation has taken this cynical formula to a new level: It appears to be the world’s 30th largest company by sales, with profits that may rival…
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china, china national tobacco corporation, tobacco industry

Children Toil in Poverty to Produce India’s Bidi Cigarettes

Sagira Ansari suffers from coughs, colds, fever and persistent headaches. But her ailments do not shorten her workday or slow her as she drops flakes of tobacco into square-cut leaves, rolls them deftly and ties the ends of a bidi cigarette with twists…
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bidis, children, india, tobacco industry

Mexico: Tobacco Control Advocates Effectively Counter the Tobacco Industry During Tax Campaign

To fight Mexico’s history of tobacco industry interference, the country’s tobacco control advocates called for the government to start protecting the health of its citizens and stop protecting the interest of big tobacco.

This…
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mexico, taxation and price, tobacco industry

U.S. Surgeon General’s Report Shows Youth Smoking is “Not an Accident”

Smoking among American youth is a "pediatric epidemic" that isn't occurring by accident: It's directly caused by tobacco industry marketing and promotion that entices teenagers to start smoking and encourages their progression to…
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advertising and promotion, tobacco industry, youth smoking

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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pakistan, philip morris international, tobacco industry

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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philip morris international, tobacco industry, trade and tobacco

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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philip morris international, senegal, tobacco industry

Big Tobacco Sponsors Elementary Schools in China

In an apparent attempt to lure young smokers, China National Tobacco Corporation (CNTC) is sponsoring at…
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advertising and promotion, children, china, sponsorship, tobacco industry

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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indonesia, philip morris international, smoking babies, tobacco industry

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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philip morris international, tobacco industry