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The Transport and General Workers Union (T&G, also referred to as TGWU) was one of the largest unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland up until it merged with Amicus in 2007 and became Unite. Internal tobacco industry documents show that the T&G and other unions have been used by the tobacco industry for decades to “support the industry’s…

In 2012, Philip Morris International (PMI) funded a series of reports by academics at Transcrime,6 a collaborative Italian research centre on transnational crime between the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and the University of Trento.7 Transcrime was founded in 1994 by Professor Ernesto Savona with just four graduate students. The group has since…

The UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) describes itself as the “country’s leading forum for supporting, developing and promoting the £1bn vaping industry” and was established in September 2016.19 John Dunne was appointed Director General of UKVIA  in October 2020 20 UKVIA has links to the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Vaping (E-Cigarettes) Relationship with the Tobacco…

Since the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) came into force in 2005, there have been several instances of direct lobbying by British diplomats overseas on behalf of British American Tobacco (BAT) and its subsidiaries, with repeated contact between UK government overseas staff and the company. British health charity Action on Smoking & Health…

There are strict UK government guidelines governing the engagement of British officials working overseas with tobacco companies,155, designed to limit contact and support compliance with the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).122123 A Freedom Of Information (FOI) request submitted by British charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) revealed repeated contact from…

Since the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) came into force in 2005, obliging parties to “limit contact with the tobacco industry”,122123  there have been several instances of direct lobbying by senior British government officials and diplomats in Bangladesh on behalf of British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB). This is despite UK government…

The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) was adopted in 2003, and set out a clear obligation for parties: “In setting and implementing their public health policies with respect to tobacco control, Parties shall act to protect these policies from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry in accordance with national law”.177Guidelines…

Norway: Increase in Young People Using Snus Image 1. Print advertisement for Parliament snus screengrab from http://www.webcitation.org/68l7MRfq3 (archived webpage) A 2015 briefing by Euromonitor International reported that Norway had seen a sharp increase in snus use amongst young people, which has been attributed by the Norwegian government to marketing by the tobacco industry: “According to the Minister…

With the exception of Sweden, the sale of snus is prohibited in the European Union (EU). Background Article 17 of the 2014 EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) states that: “Member States shall prohibit the placing on the market of tobacco for oral use, without prejudice to Article 151 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.”204…

Snus is a traditional Scandinavian smokeless tobacco product, used particularly in Sweden but banned in other EU countries.