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In autumn 2009 Philip Morris International (PMI) adopted a PR plan to defeat the display ban in Ireland and to delay its passage through the UK parliament. It intended to do this through third parties such as retailers’ associations, which the company labelled “trade stakeholders”, or Members of Parliament, called ‘political stakeholders’. Also see the page on…

In May 2017, the tobacco industry front group, Forest, officially launched its Brussels office, entitled Forest EU, which has its own designated website, http://www.Forestonline.eu. The group is also running its own Facebook page and Twitter account (@ForestEU) Background Director Forest EU’s Director is Guillaume Périgois. According to Simon Clark, the Director of Forest in the UK, Périgois…

Uruguay has some of the most progressive tobacco control policies in the world. In October 2017, Uruguayan President Tabare Vázquez announced that his government would introduce plain packaging legislation, becoming the 7th country to do so, following Australia, United Kingdom (UK), Ireland, France, Norway, and Hungary.1213 An earlier…

Forest is a British based smokers’ rights group. Founded in 1979, the name is an acronym for ‘The Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco’. This page is about the present-day Forest; for more on its historical reliance on tobacco funding, the influence of the industry and Forest’s aim to develop into “an aggressive and intemperate adversary” –…

Background Philip Morris USA is the largest tobacco company in the United States. It is owned by Altria.71 It has almost 50% of the US cigarette market.72 Its brands include Marlboro, Parliament, Virginia Slims, and L&M.7273 It also manufactures cigarette papers and filter accessories.73 Since 2008, Philip Morris USA has been a separate company…

Paper Exposing Illegal Online Sales of Snus in EU On 22 January 2012, the journal Tobacco Control published an article entitled ‘How online sales and promotion of snus in the European Union (EU) contravenes current legislation.’86 Authored by researchers from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath, the article highlighted that snus was being sold illegally…

Philip Morris has legally challenged the Institute for Social Marketing and Centre for Tobacco Control Research at the University of Stirling under Freedom of Information legislation. Tobacco Company Hides Behind Lawyers In September 2009, the University received a letter from Clifford Chance, asking for a vast array of data from the Unit’s study into teenage smoking including…

Philip Hammond has been the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Runnymede and Weybridge, England, since May 1997. Since July 2016, Hammond is the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Background Before taking up the role of Chancellor, Hammond served as:104 Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (July 2014-July 2016) Secretary of State for Defence (October 2011-July 2014)…

Background The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) is a trade association which serves the needs of independent fuel retailers in the UK. 109 Relationship with the tobacco industry The PRA admitted in 2013 that “we have some tobacco manufacturers/suppliers amongst our wide range of associates and retail members.” [Ref] Petrol Retailers Association, Home Affairs Select Committee Inquiry: Tobacco Smuggling;…

This page was archived on 18 July 2022 and is not actively maintained On 14 February 2011, SmokeFree South West,129 the regional anti-smoking organisation for the South-West of England, launched a “Wise-Up to Roll-Ups” campaign targeting the 33% of smokers in the region who smoked hand rolling tobacco (HRT), the highest rate in the country. The TV…