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Nick Tennant worked for the public relations company PR21, on a contract for the Tobacco Alliance. The contract was awarded to PR21 by Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association in December 2000. Tennant was part of the team that pitched for the work and was responsible for media relations.1…

Joe Brice worked for the public relations company PR21, on a contract for the Tobacco Alliance. The contract was awarded to PR21 by Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association in December 2000. Brice was part of the team that pitched for the work and was responsible for client management.2…

Nick Gibbon ran Vigilant Communication Ltd, a public relations company that worked for the tobacco manufacturer Gallaher.345 ReferencesHide↑TMA, Tobacco Alliance Account, 19 December 2000, accessed 30 January 2012↑TMA, Tobacco Alliance Account, 19…

PPS Public Affairs is part of PPS Group, which describes itself as “an independent communications consultancy working in the tougher areas of communication”.6 PPS Public Affairs unsuccessfully pitched for a contract from the Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association to represent the Tobacco Alliance (now known as the Tobacco Retailers Alliance) in 2000.7 People PPS Public Affairs’…

PR21 was a public relations company in the UK that worked for the tobacco industry. The firm was launched in London in October 2000 by Edelman, one of the world’s largest PR companies.89 The company’s London arm was shut down in March 2004 after losing both major clients and senior staff.10 The company’s US…

Background Arthur Butler was a tobacco industry lobbyist. He became a ‘public affairs consultant’ in 1971, following a career as a lobby journalist for national newspapers.14 Tobacco Links He is reported to have worked for Imperial Tobacco.15 From December 1998 he attended meetings of the Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association, though minutes of the meetings do not…

Background Kaliningrad is a Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea, between Poland and Lithuania. It has long been a key transit country for smuggled cigarettes, with the region renown for violence and organised crime. Two Murders of Distributors In 1999, there were two murders in two months of cigarette distributors in Kaliningrad. In April, a Reemtsma importer was murdered.

Dr Mohan Kaul is the former Director General and CEO of the Commonwealth Business Council. He held this post since the CBC began until March 2012.23 Dr Kaul, who maintained a regular blog as CBC Director General, previously had a long career as an adviser to governments and corporations in India and South Africa as well as…

Consultancy To recruit supposedly independent experts who are critical of tobacco control measures. WHO Definitions of Tobacco Industry Tactics for resisting effective tobacco control, 2009.” The tobacco industry has a history of using Think Tanks, scientists or other consultants to work on their behalf. Paying for research and for endorsement from…

Pederiva was the Secretary General of the Confederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers (CECCM), rebranded as Tobacco Europe in September 2019, until June 2017.25 She now works for the European lottery company the SAZKA Group. Background Antonella Pederiva is the ex-Director of the Italian Dairy Industry Association.26 Career with Tobacco Industry Pederiva started as Director for Institutional…