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The tobacco industry has used Freedom of Information Acts (FOIA) on a number of occasions in Australia, the US and the UK. It is not a new tactic. Back in the early 1990s one of the world’s leading tobacco control researchers, Dr Stan Glantz, the Director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California,…

The Free Market Foundation (FMF) is a right-wing libertarian think tank, founded in 1975, which has a history of working on behalf of the tobacco industry. Background FMF is a partner of the Atlas Network.5 In 2017, FMF and Atlas co-hosted the Africa Liberty Forum, an annual event that promotes greater freedom in public policy in the African…

The website for the Free Enterprise Group now diverts to the Free Market Forum, which states that it “stands on the shoulders of two fantastic predecessor organisations, the Free Enterprise Group and FREER.”45 It is an initiative of the think tank The Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) This page relates to events in 2013, and it not currently…

Frederic de Wilde was appointed President European Union Region at Philip Morris International (PMI) in July 2015.5354 Long-Standing Career in the Tobacco Industry De Wilde joined PMI in 1992 as Brand Manager for Philip Morris Belgium, and has held various leadership positions since, including: Senior Vice President Marketing & Sales (2011) President Philip Morris Japan KK (2008)…

Background The Fraser Institute is a free market, libertarian think tank in Canada, with a history of pro-tobacco work and funding. 58 Pro-Tobacco Work In 1999 the Fraser Institute convened two conferences. The first, on “Junk Science, Junk Policy? Managing Risk and Regulation”, promised to focus attention on “the relentless pursuit of a ‘zero risk’ society” and produce…

Background Brian Monteith is a PR consultant and former Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament who was elected as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament for North East England in May 2019.66 Also elected as a Brexit Party MEP was libertarian pro-tobacco advocate Claire Fox. Monteith is a veteran campaigner against tobacco control policies. Political career…

Baroness Wheatcroft (Patience Jane Wheatcroft) is a British Conservative politician who has been in the UK House of Lords from December 2010.80 Relationship with the Tobacco Industry Accepted Tobacco Hospitality On 24 July 2014, Baroness Wheatcroft attended Glyndebourne Opera as a guest of Japan Tobacco International (JTI).8182 The Glyndebourne Opera was not the first occasion…

The Association of Trademarks and Designs Rights Practitioners (APRAM), or the Association des Praticiens de Droit des Marques et des Modèles as it is known in French, describes itself as an international Association for French-speaking specialists in industrial and intellectual property, in particular trademarks and designs.87 With more than 800 members, the association brings “together in-house intellectual property specialists,…

Background The purpose of the All-Party Parliamentary Corporate Responsibility Group (APCRG) “is to promote debate and understanding of corporate social responsibility within Parliament”.98 APCRG was known as the “Associate Parliamentary Corporate Responsibility Group” until 2013.99 The Group was founded in 2001 led by Baroness Sally Greengross and supported by Business in the Community. In March 2009, the…

Dame Angela Watkinson was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch and Upminster (England), from June 2001 to May 2017. Relationship with the Tobacco Industry Accepted Tobacco Hospitality Watkinson has accepted tickets to the Chelsea Flower Show from Japan Tobacco International (JTI) on several occasions:103 2014 – Two tickets worth £1404.00104 2013 – Two…