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British American Tobacco (BAT) was one of the first transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) to enter the market for e-cigarettes (also known as electronic nicotine delivery systems, or ENDS). It has been in the e-cigarette business since 2013, initially in the UK, then in the US, with its acquisition of R.J. Reynolds and its parent company Reynolds…

From 2014, British American Tobacco (BAT) developed and launched a number of e-cigarettes (also known as electronic nicotine delivery systems, or ENDS) under the Vype and Vuse brand names. The table below gives details of these products, up to 2020 when BAT began to merge the brands under the Vuse name. For more information including BAT’s e-cigarette strategy, acquisitions,…

From 2014 to 2018 Altria sold its own brand of e-cigarettes (also known as electronic nicotine delivery systems, or ENDS) in the United States (US). In December 2018, following controversy over the increasing appeal of e-cigarettes to America’s teenagers,182 Altria discontinued its e-cigarette products to focus on “more compelling reduced-risk tobacco product opportunities”.183 In December 2018…

Background Founded in 2006, iNHouse worked for London Mayor Boris Johnson in his Mayoral race of 2008. iNHouse also boasts that it is “on first name terms with many members of Her Majesty’s Government, their Special Advisors and senior members of both broadcast and print outlets”. 216 Worked for Philip Morris Documents leaked to the SmokinGate website reveal that…

As the harms from conventional products have become better understood, and tobacco control measures have been put in place, the cigarette market – from which tobacco companies make most of their profits – has started to shrink. To secure the industry’s longer-term future, transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) have invested in, developed and marketed various newer nicotine and tobacco products.

A ‘ghostwriter’ is a someone who writes books, articles, stories, or scientific reports which are officially credited to another person. Historically, the industry has used ghost writing as a way of covertly representing its interests through apparently independent voices, a practice that falls under the banner of third-party techniques. For example: In the mid-eighties RJ Reynolds ran a…

David Clelland is a former Labour MP for Tyne Bridge, in North-East England (1985-2010). Opposed Tobacco Control Measures in UK In June 2009, Clelland was criticised for campaigning against Government plans to ban the display of cigarette packets in shops and newsagents without declaring a family link to a senior lobbyist for the Tobacco Retailers Alliance.320 TobaccoTactics…

CORESTA is an industry association founded in 1956, ruled by French law. Its purpose is to promote international cooperation in scientific research relative to tobacco. It is based in Paris, France.321 CORESTA is the acronym for the Cooperation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco. Members Every major worldwide tobacco company and tobacco industry affiliated organisation is a…

The Coalition for Fine Paper Industry is not a formal association but reportedly a collection of fine paper companies in Europe that agreed to have their interests represented ad hoc by Deutsche Benkert during EU Tobacco Products Directive Revision (TPD).322 It is unclear which companies are part of this Coalition as membership could not be confirmed. Undermining…

Note: The 2001 Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) was replaced in 2014 by the revised TPD 2014/40/EU. To read more about the 2014 TPD and the industry’s intensive lobbying campaign to undermine it, see EU Tobacco Products Directive. Background The original TPD was proposed by the European Commission in November 1999 and aimed to strengthen European legislation on cigarette…