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An article published in the Observer on Sunday 18 June details the activities of UK lobbyists featured on TobaccoTactics, describing their involvement in campaigns promoting the use of e-cigarettes and lobbying against the World Health Organization (WHO). The article includes quotes from TCRG deputy director Phil Chamberlain, the WHO’s  Dr. Vinayak Prasad,  and Martin McKee, president of the British…

On Thursday 8 June 2023, the Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal will hear the final appeal of a case in which Youth Smoking Prevention (Stichting Rookpreventie Jeugd, RPJ) “demands that the government take steps against the rigged cigarette and manipulation of cigarette emissions measurements.” The court session starts at 10 a.m. local time and can be followed via…

New research published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health reveals how researchers with links to the tobacco industry are failing to declare these conflicts of interest (COI) in academic publications.   The authors of the study contacted tobacco control experts for nominations of researchers suspected to have tobacco industry COIs,…

In this piece for World Environment Day 2023, Marzia Violini considers the consequences of our throwaway culture. Read the blog on the TCRG web page. Related articles on TobaccoTactics: E-cigarettes: Tobacco Company Interests in Single Use Products Plastics, the Environment and the Tobacco Industry Unsustainable: Big Tobacco’s use of the UN SDGs Tobacco and the…

The World Health Organization’s WNTD 2023 message is for the world to “grow food, not tobacco”. Its campaign website contains key facts and figures and calls to action. It also  features a ‘myth buster’ on tobacco growing. Visit the updated TobaccoTactics page on Tobacco Farming. As well as containing background on the topic this article points…

Transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) rely on large numbers of actors to produce their deadly products and secure their profits. Understanding the contribution of these actors is useful for policy makers, civil society, and academics. It can also help investors choose the best place for their money and potentially support independent companies themselves to move away from tobacco. The Tobacco…

The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 objectives which seek to provide “a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future”. In a new long read for Tobacco Tactics, researchers Tom Gatehouse and Britta K. Matthes take a detailed look at tobacco industry…

Graphic health warnings (GHWs) are a proven, cost-effective means of raising awareness of the harms associated with tobacco use. They encourage current users to quit, and reduce the appeal of tobacco products for those who have yet to start. A new paper, published in the BMJ’s Tobacco Control, reveals how the tobacco industry undermined the development and implementation of GHWs…

Tobacco taxes are a known solution for governments to reduce tobacco use & drive economic growth. Dr. Rob Branston, Associate Professor of Business Economics at the University of Bath and member of Bath TCRG,  highlights a new report “The Price We Pay: Six Industry Pricing Strategies That Undermine Life-Saving Tobacco Taxes” exposing how tobacco companies try to undermine life-saving efforts…