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Arts sponsorship is a longstanding and effective form of promotion for the tobacco industry.1 As a form of corporate social responsibility (CSR), association with the arts aids the tobacco industry’s efforts to marry its brands with desirable traits, and to improve goodwill amongst a variety of audiences, from a local to international level. The arts are appealing to…

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes pursued by the tobacco industry take many different forms including youth smoking prevention, domestic violence, environmental sustainability and disaster relief.53 Usually, disaster response and recovery is led by national governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the disaster-stricken region. Increasingly, however, private companies have arisen as key players in disaster relief efforts. This…

For decades, multinational tobacco companies have received awards for their corporate social responsibility (CSR). This broad category includes both human resources (HR) awards that recognise internal practices as well as external-facing practices, including sustainability, community development and supply chain management. Tobacco companies increase publicity for the awards they receive for CSR practices by highlighting them in their sustainability and…

Background Signals Analytics  describes its work as assisting companies by using artificial intelligence “to extract data from external sources – such as blog posts, product reviews, and patents – and transform that data into accessible, usable, and relevant insights for your business.”125 Founded in 2009, the company has its headquarters in New York, USA, with an office in Netanya,…

Background MarketKonnect is a subsidiary of APCO Worldwide and is based at the PR firm’s global headquarters in Washington DC.143 MarketKonnect LLC was registered in Delaware, US, in May 2019.144 Another branch of the firm was established in the District of Columbia, US, in February 2020.145 Margery Kraus, Executive Chairman of APCO, is also the executing…

Background Christopher J. Proctor started working for British American Tobacco in 1983. Since then he has had several roles in the tobacco company, focused on tobacco research. He is listed as the Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Scientific Product Stewardship for British American Tobacco by BAT and on his LinkedIn profile. 155In March 2020 he was also…

István Komoróczki is a Hungarian civil servant and former employee of Imperial Tobacco. His most recent role at Imperial was that of European Director for Regulatory and Corporate Affairs (2010-2013). Komoróczki’s career is an example of the revolving door between government positions and the tobacco industry. Background Komoróczki began his career as a diplomat for the Hungarian Ministry…

The Centre for Health Research and Education (CHRE) states that it is “A health research and education company run by medical doctors in service of public health” and its aim is “bridging the policy & practice gap”.188 CHRE receives grants from the Foundation for a Smoke Free World (FSFW), an organisation wholly funded by Philip Morris International…

The following table lists details of e-cigarette trade associations known to have tobacco company members. E-cigarettes are also known as electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). See the page on product terminology for details. The UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) was launched first in 2016. By October 2020,  four of the organisations listed here were all ‘partners’ of…

Background EY (Ernst & Young) is, along with Deloitte, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), one of the so-called “Big Four” who dominate the financial auditing market. It was founded in 1989 when Ernst & Whinney merged with Arthur Young.281 Ernst & Young (also known as EY) is a network of 492 member companies and affiliates worldwide,…