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Background In the UK, the tobacco industry has employed a tactic of using ex-Police officers to front its campaigns against the Point of Sale Display Ban and against plain packaging. This is a classic use of the third party technique. Working for PMI Image 1: PMI’s media messengers, PMI leaked powerpoint slide 2013 Since late 2011,…

The tobacco industry used education programmes as an instrument to be accepted as a good corporate citizen. The following is taken verbatim from pages 13 through 14 of the 2009 WHO report Tobacco industry interference with tobacco control.11 Education There are numerous examples of the industry setting up and running ostensibly ‘anti- smoking’ education programmes for schools, the…

The tobacco industry has historically employed a multitude of tactics to shape and influence tobacco control policy. The World Health Organisation recognised the need to monitor the tobacco industry tactics as essential to public health. The WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires signatories to protect their health policies “from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco…

Background Walter Prinz served as Group Manufacturing, Research & Development Director at Imperial Tobacco from October 2010, and was given additional responsibility for Supply Chain in October 2014.35 Long-Standing Career in the Tobacco Industry In 1987, Prinz joined Reemtsma, a German tobacco company which was acquired by Imperial Tobacco in 2002. TobaccoTactics Resources Imperial Tobacco Relevant Link…

Background Waldemar Zegar was Consumer and Trade Marketing Director at Imperial Tobacco in Poland from April 2012 to August 2013.36 When Zegar left Imperial Tobacco, he became an independent sales and marketing consultant. Tobacco Industry Career Apart from his short tenure with Imperial Tobacco, Zegar has also worked for British American Tobacco (2009) and Scandinavian Tobacco…

VNO-NCW is the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers, which represents Dutch business interests. Apart from head office in The Hague, VNO-NCW also has an office in Brussels. VNO-NCW is a member of BusinessEurope, a Brussels lobby group which has lobbied against EU public health legislation for many years.37 Lobbying on the Tobacco Products Directive VNO-NCW…

Vassilis Vovos was appointed Regional President of Western Europe at Japan Tobacco International (JTI) in 2014.46 Long-Standing Career in the Tobacco Industry Vovos started working in the tobacco industry in 1991, when he joined tobacco company RJ Reynolds Greece, where he held various marketing positions. In 1997 he became Senior Director at RJ Reynolds International, and…

The US-ASEAN Business Council is an American trade organisation that promotes American private sector business interests in Southeast Asia, including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.51 Relationship with the Tobacco Industry Membership Historic tobacco industry documents reveal that Philip Morris International (PMI) has been an US-ASEAN Business Council member since the…

According to its website, the United States (US) Chamber of Commerce is the “World’s largest business organisation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors and regions…They all share one thing in common – they count on the Chamber to be their voice in Washington DC.”87 The Chamber’s explicit aim is to drive…

The New York-based United States Council for International Business (USCIB) promotes a worldwide free trade system, stating that it has 300 members providing them with “unparalleled access to international policy makers and regulatory authorities”.102 Background USCIB was established in 1945 to deliver “numerous business services to facilitate international trade”.102 USCIB has 20 committees and working groups, including:…