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Public Relations To mould public opinion, using the media to promote positions favourable to the industry WHO Definitions of Tobacco Industry Tactics for resisting effective tobacco control, 2009.” The industry has long tried to use the media to further its own ends. The more discredited its voice has become with the public, the more…

Background Media Intelligence Partners (MIP) was founded in 2004 by Nick Wood, who is a former Communications Director for the UK Conservative Party, who worked for the MPs William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith.4 MIP still works for the think-tank which was set up by Iain Duncan Smith in 2004, the Centre for Social Justice.56…

McKinsey is a global management consultancy firm with a long history of working with the Tobacco Industry and most recently the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. Background McKinsey, which was established in 1926,22 advises and conducts research for corporations, governments, institutions and philanthropic foundations across the world.2324 As of 2018, McKinsey had more than 14,000…

Background Matthew Sinclair is the Director of the The TaxPayers’ Alliance. Sinclair joined the Alliance in May 2007. In December 2008 he became Research Director, then Director in November 2010. His blog has been nominated for the Conservative Home Best Young Conservative Blogger award. 63 Against Display Bans and Further Controls on Tobacco The Letter to the Daily…

Matthew Phillips is Chief Development Officer at Imperial Tobacco since June 2015.64 In this role, Phillips is responsible, among other things, for Imperial’s subsidiary Fontem Ventures, established in 2012 to develop non-tobacco initiatives such as E-cigarettes.65 Phillips has worked for Imperial Tobacco in various roles since 2000, including as Corporate and Legal Affairs…

Matteo Pellegrini was President Asia Region at Philip Morris International (PMI) from 2003 to 2015.6768 In September 2015, Pellegrini took early retirement.68 Career in the Tobacco Industry Pellegrini started his career with PMI in Italy in 1991, and subsequently held several leadership positions including:6769 Managing Director Philip Morris Italia (2001-2003) Managing Director Philip…

Mathis Cabiallavetta was on the board of directors of Philip Morris International between 2008 and May 2014.72 TobaccoTactics Resources Philip Morris International ReferencesHide↑BBC World Service Education To Smoke or Not to Smoke.., Tobacco Presentation Seminar, 21 March, 2000…

Mastermind Tobacco Kenya (MTK) is a tobacco company based in Nairobi, Kenya, established in the late 1980s. In 2020, it operated subsidiaries in Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia, companies in its Continental group.73  Its website stated that it also had a presence in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Somalia and South Sudan According to market research…

Masakazu Shimizu was a Representative Director at Japan Tobacco Group (JT), who left the JT Board in 2012.102103104 Career with Japan Tobacco Shimizu joined the Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation (now known as Japan Tobacco) in 1977 and has held various senior positions, including:105106 Representative Director (2011 – 2012) Executive Deputy President, Assistant…

Martin Southgate was the managing director of Japan Tobacco International (JTI) UK between January 2011 and February 2013.107108 Jorge da Motta succeeded Southgate as Managing Director of JTI UK.108 Previously, between 1975 and 1999 Southgate worked for Rothman’s until Rothman’s was bought by British American Tobacco. In 2001, he joined JTI and held positions…