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Mark Pawsey has been the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Rugby, England, since 2010. Relationship with the Tobacco Industry Hosted Event on Behalf of Tobacco Industry On 27 November 2018, Pawsey hosted a reception for Japan Tobacco International (JTI) on behalf of DoDs Parliamentary Communications Ltd.1 For information on other MPs who have hosted events on behalf…

The argument that “the nanny state is going too far” is a well-established and frequently used libertarian argument to oppose tobacco control legislation, aimed at gathering public support among, as BAT’s former Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Director Michael Prideaux said, “people who wouldn’t normally take notice of what the tobacco industry say”.16 Nanny state is a term which conveys…

As part of on-going efforts of the tobacco industry to prevent the further regulation of its products, tobacco companies claim that the implementation of plain packaging will increase the illicit trade in tobacco products, particularly counterfeiting, because, they claim, plain packaging will make this process easier. Prior to its implementation in Australia, the tobacco industry argued that, as…

The tobacco industry and its allies have frequently stated that tobacco control policies have a negative impact on retailers. They argue that small independent retailers will particularly suffer because plain packaging will increase the amount of time it takes to serve customers and increase the amount of mistakes made. This in turn, they contend, will result in customers buying…

British American Tobacco (BAT), Philip Morris International (PMI), Imperial Tobacco and Japan Tobacco International (JTI) have all argued that requiring tobacco products to be sold in plain packaging is tantamount to the government appropriating their trademarks. This is an example of a tobacco industry tactic designed to influence public opinion against regulation and stall the passage…

In its own words, the Confederation for British Industry (CBI) is the “UK’s premier business lobbying organisation, providing a voice for employers at a national and international level.”76 It represents more than 240,000 companies including many in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 350. In addition to its offices in the UK, the CBI has offices in Brussels,…

Published research from the Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG), part of the UK Centre for Tobacco & Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS), has shown how global tobacco companies commissioned, cited and critiqued evidence as part of a campaign to prevent the introduction of plain (standardised) packaging for their products in the UK.90919293Tobacco companies used this…

Codentify, is a product serialisation/pack marker system, marketed by the tobacco industry as a way to verify the authenticity of a packet of cigarettes, whether they are genuine product or counterfeit.108 Background Codentify was originally developed and promoted by the tobacco industry as a non-secure authentication system to help determine if a tobacco product was authentic or counterfeit.

Tobacco Europe (TE), known until mid-2019 as The Confederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers (CECCM), is a European Union lobbying organisation funded and controlled by the tobacco industry.145 It promotes what it calls “reasonable and workable tobacco regulation” in the EU.146 Background TE is an observer member of the REACH Tobacco Industry Platform.  TE provides secretarial services…

This page was archived on 3 November 2020 and is not actively maintained The Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) was formed in 1997 at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Scotland. Its stated aim is “to utilise the global network of the Commonwealth more effectively for the promotion of global trade and investment for shared prosperity”.166 CHOGM meetings…