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  COP 5, 12-17 November 2012 INTERPOL, the International Criminal Police Organisation, applied for observer status at COP 5. INTERPOL had accepted a donation from Philip Morris International (PMI), to promote the industry’s favoured Track and Trace system Codentify, which was being…

  International Treaties The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is an international treaty that aims to reduce the demand and supply of tobacco, despite the continuing efforts of the global tobacco industry to maintain the huge profits it makes from its addictive products.1 Two years after the WHO FCTC was agreed, negotiations for the development…

Background The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is an international treaty that aims to reduce the demand and supply of tobacco.6 The WHO FCTC includes a specific obligation, Article 5.3, requiring Parties to protect public health policies from…

Vectura is a UK company specialising in inhaler products to deliver medicines.40 In September 2021, the company was acquired by Philip Morris International (PMI). Background Vectura’s inhalers were originally developed at a research centre at the University of Bath. A spin-off company was merged with Vectura in the late 1990s.414243 This type of dry powder…

One year after taking over British American Tobacco’s (BAT) operations in Africa, Norman Davis gave an interview to the firm’s inhouse newsletter. It was 1995 and BAT had reason to be satisfied, as Davis made clear: “In Mauritius, Uganda and Malawi, for instance, we effectively have a 100 per cent market share, and our share in Kenya is around 92…

The TobaccoTactics long read British American Tobacco: Dirty Deeds in Africa describes how British American Tobacco (BAT) has used a range of unethical and corrupt practices in markets across Africa – to maintain its profits, to block or weaken tobacco control measures, and to undermine its competitors. Tactics range from the exploitation of farmers and use…

In British American Tobacco in Africa: A History of Double Standards we set out the evidence for how BAT operated across the continent up to 2015. Here we look at the some of the research published since then which have added to our understanding of the company. For more details on the pages published by Tobacco Tactics on British…

Tanzania, formally known as the United Republic of Tanzania, is an eastern African nation. It is the largest and most populous country in East Africa. Background The population of Tanzania was estimated to be 59.7 million in 2020, about two thirds of which is under the age of 25.110 In 2019, the country had a median age of just…

Background The All-Party Parliamentary Corporate Governance Group (APPCGG) states that its purpose is “to develop and increase understanding of corporate governance through the promotion of a culture based on responsible leadership and investments” in order to “enhance prosperity for the benefit of shareholders, economies and society.”124 The APPCGG became active in 2004.124 As of September 2021 the chair…

The Sudan, officially known as the Republic of Sudan, is a country in northeast Africa. It is Africa’s third-largest country at more than 1.8m square kilometres, and also the third-largest in the Arab world. It was the largest country in both categories before the secession of South Sudan in 2011. Background In 2020, Sudan had a population of 43…