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This page was archived on 1 October 2020 and is not actively maintained This organisation is now defunct. The European Smokeless Tobacco Council (ESTOC) is a lobbying group that campaigns against the European Union’s ban on oral tobacco products. The organisation represents the interests of smokeless tobacco manufacturers and distributors, and tobacco trade associations. ESTOC says its objective is “to…

Pantarhei Advisors is an Austrian public relations company, with offices in Vienna, Graz and Brussels.11 Relationship with the Tobacco Industry In 2016, Politico news reported that Pantarhei Advisors were lobbying the European Ombudsman on behalf of Philip Morris in relation to the European Ombudsman’s investigation into tobacco lobbying transparency.12 Two Pantarhei employees, Anton Schoegl and Jana Tenglerova,…

This page was archived on 25 August 2020 and is not actively maintained The European Science and Environment Forum (ESEF) was established in 1994 to “inform the public about scientific debates” by Roger Bate, then Director of the Environment Unit at the Institute of Economic Affairs; Dr John Emsley, then science writer in Residence at Imperial College; and…

Pagefield is a British public relations (PR) company that was set up in 2010 and has worked with several tobacco industry clients. Relationship with the Tobacco Industry Image 1: Screengrab of List of Clients on Pagefield’s website, including Philip Morris International (accessed February 2019)27 Working with British American Tobacco In July 2020, The Guardian reported that Pagefield has…

The European Privacy Association (EPA) is a Brussels-based lobby group registered on the EU Transparency Register. Its business members pay €10,000 annually for membership. Business Members In May 2013, ALTER-EU (a watchdog for EU Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation) lodged a complaint with the Transparency Register Secretariat about EPA’s failure to disclose its business members on the…

Background The Brussels based European Policy Centre (EPC) describes itself as an independent, not-for-profit think tank that works at the “cutting edge” of European and global policymaking.40 The EPC was instrumental in helping British American Tobacco (BAT) and other corporations achieve the introduction of what is now known as EU Better Regulation principles. It is now widely accepted…

The European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA) describes itself as a non-profit organisation, whose membership comprises of lawyers and attorneys who practice in the field of trademarks and designs in the European Union (EU). The organisation has close links with the European Commission and the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) and “is recognised by the World Intellectual Property…

A number of companies who produce materials such as cardboard, foil and laminate for tobacco product packaging have been actively opposed to plain (standardised) packaging proposals in the UK and the EU Tobacco Products Directive Revision. These companies have lobbied against these proposals both individually and collectively. Packaging Companies: Background Amcor Flexibles is the world’s largest…

PA Consulting Group is an international consulting and technology company, headquartered in the UK.79 Background The company was the second-largest recipient of UK Government contracts to consulting firms in 2010, behind Deloitte and ahead of KPMG.80 According to contractsfinder.service.gov.uk, PA Consulting’s most-recent contracts with the Government, both ended in March 2017.8182. Investigated by…

The European Cigar Manufacturers Association (ECMA) was founded in the early 1990s and represents cigar manufacturers and national cigar associations in Europe. As of 2021, it has 16 full members from across the EU.94. It previously listed Imperial Tobacco, British American Tobacco (BAT), and Japan Tobacco International (JTI) as members (Image 1)95 Image 1. ECMA…