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12 September 2024
Commentary on monitoring industries that negatively impact public health

A new commentary in the International Journal of Health Policy and Management discusses whether it is practical for governments to monitor the activities of industries that negatively impact public health. Anna Gilmore, Raouf Alebshehy and Stella Bialous consider how such corporate monitoring might be implemented. This paper comments on the important work on ‘National…

19 July 2024
New study on tobacco taxation in the EU

Governments have not raised minimum tobacco taxes in many EU countries, thus making tobacco products more affordable. A new study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research looks at Spain’s tobacco tax situation & considers the need for urgent tax review across the EU. TCRG’s Rob Branston said: “[Spain’s] long-lasting static tax policy leads to higher affordability of tobacco…

15 July 2024
TIMRA 2024: Monitoring, research and holding the industry accountable

Researchers and advocates from 35 countries joined the Tobacco Control Research Group and its Tobacco Tactics Team in July for the 2024 Tobacco Industry Monitoring, Research and Accountability (TIMRA) training course. The course, run in a hybrid model in person and online, covered a range of topics from the industry ‘playbook’ of tactics, obligations under article 5.3 of the…

01 July 2024
New TCRG research on PMI’s manipulation of science

Philip Morris international (PMI) and its subsidiary Philip Morris Japan (PMJ) covertly paid academics and consultancies linked to Japanese universities to conduct studies and other science-related work, according to a new paper from the Tobacco Control Research Group. The paper examines leaked whistleblower documents, published in the University of California San Francisco’s Truth Tobacco Documents archive,…

26 June 2024
New STOP report looks at the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World’s rebrand and tax return

Global Tobacco Industry Watchdog STOP has published a new report looking at the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World’s (FSFW) 2023 tax return, as well as the organisation’s recent rebrand to Global Action to End Smoking (GAES). The piece investigates whether the financial evidence supports the idea that the GAES has cut ties with the tobacco industry. The report found…

25 June 2024
New and updated articles on the ‘Big 4’

Tobacco Tactics has published a new landing page on tobacco companies, focusing on the ‘Big 4’ transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) and their role in the global market. This page links to in-depth articles on each company – Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Imperial Brands – which have now been substantially updated. Visit these pages for:…

19 June 2024
New TCRG research casts doubt on PMI’s transformation claims

A new paper from the Tobacco Control Research Group published in BMJ Tobacco Control has cast doubts on the ‘transformation’ claims of tobacco company Phillip Morris International (PMI). Research suggests that not only were ‘aspirational’ cigarette shipping targets announced by PMI in fact highly conservative, but even those modest targets are unlikely to be met. In…

31 May 2024
WNTD: Tobacco Tactics Editor Wins WHO Award; New Page on Targeting Youth

31 May is World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) – a global World Health Organization (WHO) campaign to raise awareness of the harms caused by tobacco use. And this year, Dr Raouf Alebshehy, Managing Editor of Tobacco Tactics, has received a WNTD Award from the WHO European Region, in recognition of nearly a decade of work in tobacco control. Accepting…

07 May 2024
TCRG Editorial: observations on industry activities around COP10

An Editorial from the Tobacco Control Research Group published in Health Promotion International reports some of the activities of the tobacco industry, its allies and other organisations around the tenth Conference of the Parties (COP) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) which took place in February 2024. It explains why…

02 May 2024
BMJ article warns of industry interference with smoke-free generation legislation

An opinion piece published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) highlights the need to prevent new UK legislation being “blocked, diluted or delayed” by the tobacco industry, and the need for politicians, the media, and the health community to anticipate industry arguments and tactics. The authors outline three main arguments they predict will be used by industry,…

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