New analysis of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World’s latest tax return

In May 2023 the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) published its 2022 tax return. STOP and TCRG analysis found that, as in previous years, the vast majority of grant funding goes to high-income countries, despite FSFW claiming to focus on low and middle-income countries.

Financial contributions to FSFW from Philip Morris International (PMI), the sole funder, have also fallen for the fourth year in a row, down to US$17.5 million from $US35 million in 2021.

Read STOP’s analysis of the Foundation’s financial records over the last five years:

5 Years In, 5 Questions to Ask: FSFW’s Tax Returns Suggest It Is Not a Credible Voice

Find out more about the FSFW and the organisations it funds on Tobacco Tactics:

Foundation for a Smoke-Free World

Foundation for a Smoke-Free World Grantees

TCRG research

Foundation for a Smoke-Free World is an “industry-influenced scientific lobby group”:

Legg, B.  Clift, A.B. Gilmore, Document analysis of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World’s scientific outputs and activities: a case study in contemporary tobacco industry agnogenesis, Tobacco Control, Published Online First: 03 May 2023. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057667