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The European Carton Makers Association (ECMA) is the international association of carton businesses, national carton associations and suppliers to the carton industry throughout Europe.1 According to its website, ECMA: provides a voice to “500 carton producers in nearly all countries in the European Economic Area”; has a seat in The Hague and an office in Brussels; and…

Europe Economics is a financial consultancy firm which lists its specialties as: Economic regulation; Competition policy; The application of economics to public and business policy issues According to its website Europe Economics’ clients include: “government departments, regulators, the European Commission and the European Parliament, companies both large and small, industry and professional representative bodies, law firms, public affairs advisors and…

EUK Consulting is a European public affairs consultancy that was founded in 2000 and has a long history of working with tobacco companies. It has offices in London and Brussels. Background Staff: Past & Present John Roberts – Founder, based in the London office, has 30 years’ experience as a public affairs adviser.28 In 1993 he joined Philip…

In 2001, the European Union (EU) adopted directive 2001/37/EC, the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), which regulates the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products in the European Union (EU). A spokesperson for the European Parliament described the TPD as “the most lobbied dossier in the history of the EU institutions”.44 In April 2014, the European Union (EU) completed the…

Professor Ernesto Savona is the Director of Transcrime, a collaborative research group between the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and the University of Trento.75 Savona has been Professor of Criminology at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore since 2003.76 Prior to his present role, he was Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Law…

Erik Bloomquist has been a Senior financial analyst in global tobacco for Haitong Securities UK since December 2015.84 Prior to this, Bloomquist was an equity analyst covering tobacco at Berenberg bank for five years, and before that, he spent seven years as Head of Global Tobacco Research at JP Morgan. Bloomquist is a regular speaker at the…

Elizabeth Bailey was on Altria‘s Board of Directors from 1989 to 2013.87 She retired in 2013. TobaccoTactics Resources Altria External Link Altria homepage ReferencesHide↑European Carton Makers Association, Welcome to ECMA, accessed June 2015↑EU…

Background The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) represents 120 trade unions and the interests of 2.6 million employees and workers across the European Union (EU).88 Links to the Tobacco Industry EFFAT stated in 2014 that it does not receive any funding from tobacco companies and does not have any tobacco companies as members.89…

Sir Edward Garnier was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Harborough (Leicestershire, England) from April 1992 to May 2017. He previously served as the Solicitor General for England and Wales (May 2010-September 2012), Shadow Attorney General (September 2009-May 2010), and Shadow Minister for Prisons (July 2007-September 2009). Relationship with the Tobacco Industry Accepted Tobacco Hospitality In May 2014…

Othmar Karas is an Austrian politician who became a Member of European Parliament (MEP) in 1999. Relationship with the Tobacco Industry Regular meetings with Philip Morris According to leaked documents from Philip Morris International (PMI),111112 Karas regularly met with PMI whilst the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) was being revised. The documents show that PMI…