• The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3 implementation guidelines provide guidance for preventing TI interference. (bmj.com)
  • Smokeless tobacco supply chain in south asia: a comparative analysis using the WHO framework convention on tobacco control. (essaywriter.org)
  • 1. On 27 February 2005, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control entered into force and became legally binding for the first 40 countries--including five African countries--that became Contracting Parties before 30 November 2004. (who.int)
  • 6. It is for the above reasons that the World Health Assembly mandated the first public health treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.7 The Convention was adopted in May 2003 and opened for signature from 16 June 2003 to 29 June 2004. (who.int)
  • Under that treaty, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, China pledged to enact a national indoor smoking ban, a measure that both protects people from second-hand smoke, and, researchers say, makes smoking less socially acceptable. (worldcrunch.com)
  • This November will mark the start of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. (freedomworks.org)
  • As the vector of the tobacco epidemic, the tobacco industry's actions fall far outside of the boundaries of global corporate responsibility. (bmj.com)
  • Around the world, we're helping to turn the tide of a global tobacco epidemic that would otherwise kill one billion people this century. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • She resigns from the tobacco industry and continues to combat the tobacco epidemic. (barnesandnoble.com)
  • The tobacco epidemic adds to the double burden of disease in the Region. (who.int)
  • Africa is currently grappling with HIV/AIDS and malaria and needs to counter the entirely preventable tobacco epidemic. (who.int)
  • 4. The economic costs of the tobacco epidemic are devastating for Africa where 10 countries are net tobacco exporters and the rest net importers,6 trading scarce resources for tobacco products. (who.int)
  • Tobacco use continues to be an epidemic in Nauru. (tobaccoatlas.org)
  • Government complacency in the face of the tobacco epidemic protects the tobacco industry in Nauru as the death toll grows each year. (tobaccoatlas.org)
  • Smoking, a cultural practice among indigenous groups and disseminated worldwide by the tobacco industry, is a epidemic related to various diseases, directly or indirectly (1) . (bvsalud.org)
  • The five major U.S. smokeless tobacco companies experienced decreased sales from 2018 to 2019, from 128.4 million pounds to about 126 million pounds. (cdc.gov)
  • Some kids have turned to smokeless tobacco or electronic cigarettes . (medlineplus.gov)
  • Smokeless tobacco ("chew") is addictive and has almost 30 cancer-causing chemicals. (medlineplus.gov)
  • For more than 25 years, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has fought to protect children and save lives from the #1 cause of preventable death: tobacco use. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • 1. Tobacco use is the largest cause of preventable death globally, estimated to kill 4.9 million people annually compared to 3 million annual deaths due to HIV/AIDS. (who.int)
  • Because tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide, ASH supports bold solutions proportionate to the magnitude of the problem. (ash.org)
  • With partners based in the UK, Thailand and France, the global watchdog will publish investigative reports detailing the tobacco industry's lobbying tactics and marketing strategies, and will provide tools and training materials for low- and middle-income countries to push back against the industry's influence. (bloomberg.org)
  • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), notorious for comparing any scientific claims he dislikes to the tobacco industry's deceptive practices, naturally claimed that the transparency rule is "a page ripped straight from the science denial playbook of the tobacco and lead paint industries. (pjmedia.com)
  • 1 While not explicitly naming Philip Morris or British American Tobacco Company (BATCo), he continues, "some transnational companies sell goods [internationally] that are controlled or banned in the industrial countries" and included high tar and nicotine content cigarettes in this category. (bmj.com)
  • GTS is a highly prevalent occupational illness among tobacco workers that results from nicotine poisoning through dermal absorption of nicotine during cultivation and harvesting. (cdc.gov)
  • While tobacco farm ers were generally knowledgeable about GTS, their explanatory models for this occupational illness often mis-identified its causes (heat and bending rather than nicotine) and minimized its seriousness. (cdc.gov)
  • Tobacco companies manipulate the sensory characteristics of cigarettes, including menthol content, thereby facilitating smoking initiation and nicotine dependence. (aphapublications.org)
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research , 18 (4), pp.424-430. (essaywriter.org)
  • After the invention of the cigarette rolling machine in 1881, the founder of the British-American Tobacco Co. (BAT), James B. Duke, reportedly asked one his employees to bring him an atlas. (factsanddetails.com)
  • For British American Tobacco (BAT) Nigeria, establishing a strong working relationship with state government has been key in the company's success, both locally and across West Africa. (supplychaindigital.com)
  • We do not want children to smoke," British American Tobacco (BAT) declares on its website. (corpwatch.org)
  • The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, however, prohibits use of terms like "light," "low," and "mild" on tobacco product labels. (cdc.gov)
  • Tobacco Control 2016;25:ii14-ii20 [accessed 2020 Apr 16]. (cdc.gov)
  • Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph 13. (cdc.gov)
  • Background and objectives The tobacco industry (TI) has undermined tobacco control policy for decades. (bmj.com)
  • This study assessed awareness, attitudes and practices of Article 5.3 guidelines among members of District Level Coordination Committees (DLCC) in Karnataka mandated with overseeing tobacco control activity. (bmj.com)
  • Our study demonstrates a lack of understanding of Article 5.3 and its guidelines, even among those actively involved in tobacco control at the district level. (bmj.com)
  • The activities and results presented in this publication were undertaken as part of the Tobacco Control Capacity Programme (MR/P027946/2). (bmj.com)
  • Tobacco Control , 23 (Suppl. (rti.org)
  • This supplement to Tobacco Control is the product of the State and Community Tobacco Control Research Initiative (SCTC), which consists of seven research projects and a coordinating centre funded through cooperative agreements with the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (NCI). (rti.org)
  • Short-term Collaborative Developmental Projects, formed as collaborations among research projects and tobacco control partners to address emerging state and community research needs, and provide opportunities for novel pilot research. (rti.org)
  • In contrast, until recently tobacco control lacked global leadership and strategic direction and had been severely underfunded. (bmj.com)
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced that the University of Bath, The Global Centre for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC), and International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) have been selected to collectively direct a new global tobacco industry watchdog group: STOP (Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products). (bloomberg.org)
  • The Union's tobacco control program, with hubs in New York, India, China, Singapore and Mexico, has worked with governments and civil society to reduce tobacco use in 50 countries since 2007. (bloomberg.org)
  • This partnership represents a step change in global efforts to counter the tobacco industry's malignant influence," said Anna Gilmore, Professor in the University of Bath's Department for Health and Director of the Tobacco Control Research Group. (bloomberg.org)
  • Youth tended to externalize control over tobacco, especially within the AA community. (nih.gov)
  • 3. The tobacco industry continues aggressive expansion into the developing world, obstructing effective tobacco control by influencing sales and corporate social responsibility programmes. (who.int)
  • Parties should implement measures in all branches of government that may have an interest in, or the capacity to, affect public health policies with respect to tobacco control. (asktheeu.org)
  • Proponents of healthier societies must push for the implementation of evidence-based best practices in tobacco control to create change and reduce the negative effects of tobacco use. (tobaccoatlas.org)
  • Anna Gilmore is Professor of Public Health, Director and founder of the Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG) , and Co-Director of the Beacon for 21st Century Public Health at the University of Bath . (bath.ac.uk)
  • It was another demonstration of strength by China National Tobacco Corp., the largest tobacco company in the world - and one more missed opportunity by China to live up to a key commitment it had made in signing a major international tobacco control treaty 20 years ago this November. (worldcrunch.com)
  • If shown to be effective in one part of the world, tobacco control legislation is often replicated in other jurisdictions. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • Early examples in Australia of resistance to tobacco control measures relate to the introduction of restrictions on advertising 2-4 and later, health warnings on tobacco packages. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • The Conference of Parties to the WHO FCTC Article 5.3 has published guidelines that are designed to help governments protect themselves from tobacco industry interference in the development, implementation and enforcement of tobacco control legislation to protect public health. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • Clause 5 seeks to provide for the responsibilities of the Ministry of Health under the Bill such as the development and implementation of a national strategic approach to tobacco control. (bvsalud.org)
  • 2. Best Practices: Noise Control in Manufacturing Industries. (cdc.gov)
  • Chapter 3, the title Best Practices: Noise Control in Manufacturing Industries, was addressed by five speakers. (cdc.gov)
  • The "best practices" theme continues in Chapter 4 with a series of papers on " Engineering for Noise Control in Manufacturing. (cdc.gov)
  • Stewart has two papers, the first devoted to a history of noise control in the textile, tobacco, and woodworking industries, and the second devoted to noise control of a shredding machine. (cdc.gov)
  • This independent state agency, using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs, administered a comprehensive program that supported community health coalitions and evidence-based public policy changes. (cdc.gov)
  • Although the tobacco control program is not insulated from political interference, the ISDH commissioner has created a new Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Commission, whose members report directly to him, with commitment to continue the programmatic focus of the former ITPC. (cdc.gov)
  • Restoring full funding to the tobacco control program is necessary if Indiana's goal of decreasing the health care and business costs of tobacco use-related diseases are to be achieved. (cdc.gov)
  • We review the entity that replaced ITPC, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Commission (TPCC), as well as the current threats and opportunities for Indiana's tobacco control programs. (cdc.gov)
  • The first time that protection to achieve the public health goal, as WHO FCTC guidelines of nonsmokers was included as a exposure to SHS was not eliminated on protection from exposure major goal for a tobacco control and at best reduced (Siegel, 2002). (who.int)
  • FCTC), for implementing effective to the WHO FCTC recommended in tobacco control including cross- smoke-free public health policy and guidelines and others that partially do. (who.int)
  • These examples for tobacco control. (who.int)
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies' total STOP investment of $20 million over three years will be used to expand tobaccotactics.org, the Tobacco Atlas and the Interference Index, adding innovative big data and crowdsourcing methods, along with detailed analyses of whistleblower documents. (bloomberg.org)
  • Grants will also be made to nongovernmental organizations in developing countries to combat industry interference. (bloomberg.org)
  • Such labeling allowed tobacco companies to deliberately misrepresent "light" cigarettes as being less harmful and an acceptable alternative to quitting smoking. (cdc.gov)
  • Deng favored special Chinese-produced Panda cigarettes made from the tips of tobacco leaves that now sell for up to $100 a pack. (factsanddetails.com)
  • When I was a kid, tobacco advertisements often featured fake doctors selling the health benefits of cigarettes. (bloomberg.org)
  • We examined whether tobacco manufacturers manipulate the menthol content of cigarettes in an effort to target adolescents and young adults. (aphapublications.org)
  • The tobacco industry attracted new smokers by promoting cigarettes with lower menthol content, which were popular with adolescents and young adults, and provided cigarettes with higher menthol content to long-term smokers. (aphapublications.org)
  • 1 Most of these cigarettes contain imperceptible amounts of menthol (approximately 0.03% of cigarettes' tobacco weight), but tobacco companies promote specific brands as mentholated. (aphapublications.org)
  • The objectives of this qualitative study were to: a) identify common marketing themes and tactics used by the tobacco industry to entice African Americans (AA's) and youth to initiate and maintain smoking behavior, especially smoking mentholated brands of cigarettes, and b) determine AA youths' knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and beliefs about smoking and the tobacco industry. (nih.gov)
  • Once the public realized that cigarettes were also killing nonsmokers, anti-tobacco activists would press forward with increasing success in their campaigns to ban smoking in public places. (sourcewatch.org)
  • Concerns were raised relating to Grodno Tobacco Factory Neman ("GFT Neman"), which manufactures cigarettes under contract on behalf of BAT Belarus. (bat.com)
  • Tobacco as an industry is a considerably controversial market with close to 600 billion cigarettes traded illicitly in the global market. (supplychaindigital.com)
  • China has not banned the marketing of low-tar cigarettes as safer than other products (they aren't), and has failed to require that tobacco manufacturers disclose many of the cancer-causing toxins in their products. (worldcrunch.com)
  • The Food and Drug Administration is one step closer to ending the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars in the U.S. Today the agency proposed banning the sale of all menthol tobacco products, and the Biden administration is signaling its strong support. (wsiu.org)
  • AUBREY: Nearly 19 million people in the U.S. smoke menthol cigarettes, and anti-tobacco advocates say a ban would be the single most important action taken by the FDA in recent years to curb smoking and all the disease caused by it. (wsiu.org)
  • Mobilize population-wide approaches to reduce the exposure of the whole population to risk factors such as unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol and tobacco use. (who.int)
  • For example, the products of just four industries - tobacco, fossil fuels, ultra-processed foods and alcohol - are responsible for at least a third of global deaths. (bath.ac.uk)
  • DSM-II (1968) had conspicuously included in the section on "304-Drug Dependence" the following statement: "This category is for patients who are addicted to or dependent on drugs other than alcohol, tobacco, and ordinary caffeine-containing beverages. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • 12 Political lobbying is deemed to be particularly problematic in the case of tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries, and some political parties have adopted policies not to accept funds from such companies. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • With a solid foundation representing clients in regulated industries like alcohol, tobacco and firearms, it only made sense that Greenspoon Marder would expand its national corporate practice to include cannabis law. (hightimes.com)
  • Nearly 80% of respondents were aware that corporate social responsibility (CSR) by tobacco companies is an indirect form of promoting tobacco. (bmj.com)
  • I do not want tobacco companies making money off of me. (medlineplus.gov)
  • In the U.S. alone, tobacco companies spend $9.1 billion a year - over $1 million every hour - to market their deadly products. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • The firm is notable for its representation of five of the six major U.S. tobacco companies, and for its involvement in hiding the health risks of tobacco. (wikipedia.org)
  • The firm has represented five of the six major U.S. tobacco companies: American Brands, Brown & Williamson, RJR Nabisco, Philip Morris Inc. (now Altria Group) and Loews Inc. (wikipedia.org)
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tobacco companies must soon publish statements on their websites and cigarette package onserts that tell the American public the truth about their deadly and addictive products, under a court order issued May 1 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia . (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Today's order is another important step in holding the tobacco companies accountable for decades of deception and wrongdoing and ensuring the public knows the facts about the deadly consequences of smoking and secondhand smoke. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • This order further implements the "corrective statements" the tobacco companies were first ordered to make in 2006, when U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler issued a landmark judgment that the companies had violated civil racketeering laws and lied to the American public for decades about the health effects of smoking and their marketing to kids. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Starting last November, the tobacco companies have also disseminated the corrective statement through advertisements in newspapers and during primetime on the major television networks. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Make no mistake: The tobacco companies are not making these statements voluntarily or because of a legal settlement. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • As tobacco companies seek to portray themselves as responsible corporate citizens working to curb smoking, this case reflects that they are the root cause of the problem. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • In fact, tobacco companies have fought for more than 11 years to weaken and delay the corrective statements, underscoring how little they have changed. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • The tobacco companies must disseminate the corrective statements though newspaper and TV advertising, their websites and cigarette onserts. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • There is ongoing litigation whether the tobacco companies must post corrective statements at retail point-of-sale displays. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • The tobacco companies must place the corrective statements on their websites beginning on June 18, 2018, and they will run indefinitely. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • The tobacco companies must attach the corrective statements as "onserts" on cigarette packs for a total of 12 weeks over two years (two weeks at a time, three times a year, for two years). (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Today, tobacco companies are still hiding the truth about their deadly products-and finding new ways to get around laws that protect public health. (bloomberg.org)
  • It is not known whether tobacco companies have systematically altered menthol content in brands to target and recruit new smokers. (aphapublications.org)
  • There's long PARADE of companies that have basically practiced security by obscurity (Yahoo and Facebook come to mind). (schneier.com)
  • Buyer-supplier relationship determines the economic prosperity of tobacco companies and is mainly influenced by its activities regarding information sharing and collaboration. (essaywriter.org)
  • The total revenue of the 6 largest tobacco companies in the world was USD 336 billion in 2019, about the same as Viet Nam's Gross National Income (GNI), 5x Ghana's GNI and 9x Paraguay's GNI. (tobaccoatlas.org)
  • The Series describes how, although many commercial entities contribute positively to health and society (eg through the creation of jobs or products essential to health), the products and practices of some companies - particularly the largest transnational corporations - are responsible for escalating rates of avoidable ill health, planetary damage, and social and health inequity. (bath.ac.uk)
  • 5 The information gathered was then sent to the chief lawyers of all the tobacco companies by Horace R. Kornegay, head of the industry's Washington-based lobbying and political arm, the Tobacco Institute. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • AUBREY: Well, tobacco companies definitely oppose the proposal, and it would not be a surprise at all if they challenge the rules in court. (wsiu.org)
  • The State of South Carolina joined 51 other states and territories in executing the landmark Master Settlement Agreement ("MSA") in 1998, in which the then four largest tobacco companies agreed to restrictions on their marketing practices and to pay billions of dollars annually to the states. (scag.gov)
  • Other tobacco companies have joined the MSA since 1998. (scag.gov)
  • Dynamically explore and compare data on law firms, companies, individual lawyers, and industry trends. (law.com)
  • 1 Conversely they say, regulation that gains the support of major tobacco companies is rarely likely to be a serious threat to the industry. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • Since the 1990s, in line with the industry's corporate social responsibility agenda, tobacco companies, to varying degrees, have espoused what they define as 'appropriate regulation' of their products. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • Engaging top-rung law firms and public relations agencies to develop sophisticated multi-faceted strategies to resist or weaken legislation, tobacco companies have invested considerable resources into influencing policy and political processes at local, national and global levels. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • Transnational tobacco companies have had a presence in Pakistan for over 50 years. (who.int)
  • However, transnational tobacco companies, which included Rothmans International until 1998, have been the dominant force in the manufacture, marketing and sale of tobacco products in Pakistan. (who.int)
  • The future of the tobacco industry depends on maintaining current users and recruiting new users to replace older smokers who quit or die from tobacco-related diseases. (aphapublications.org)
  • Results suggest that the tobacco industry consistently recruited new AA smokers through a variety of means, including social and behavioral marketing studies and targeted media and promotional campaigns in predominantly AA, urban, and low income areas. (nih.gov)
  • Industry executives realized early on that the issue of tobacco's indirect effects posed a potentially greater threat to profits than the issue of its direct effects on smokers themselves. (sourcewatch.org)
  • If smokers can't smoke on the way to work, at work, in stores, banks, restaurants, malls, and other public places, they are going to smoke less," complained Philip Morris Corporate Affairs Vice President Ellen Merlo in a speech to tobacco vendors. (sourcewatch.org)
  • In 2019, the firm launched its cannabis practice to address regulatory, employment, and litigation matters. (wikipedia.org)
  • Drawing upon tobacco industry strategy documents prepared over several decades, this paper will demonstrate how the tobacco industry operates as a global force, regarding the world as its operating market by planning, developing, and marketing its products on a global scale. (bmj.com)
  • 5. Circular economy - The concept of a circular economy, where products are designed to be recyclable or reusable, is becoming more popular in industries ranging from fashion to electronics. (tobacco-news.net)
  • Set up ways to reward yourself for quitting (ex: the money saved on tobacco products could be used towards a favorite hobby/activity). (pugetsound.edu)
  • The tobacco industry relentlessly peddles its deadly products, targeting kids and other vulnerable populations. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Combatting illicit trade is a priority for BAT and we have strong measures in place to safeguard our business and prevent the wide-reaching negative societal impacts of the illicit trade in tobacco products. (bat.com)
  • The tobacco industry markets its products aggressively to lower-income populations and youth in Nauru. (tobaccoatlas.org)
  • For several decades, governments around the world have been introducing a set of policies that address the demand for tobacco products, particularly among youth. (tobaccoatlas.org)
  • BAT Nigeria has been developing and selling tobacco products in Nigeria since 1912 and today the company stands tall as the leading tobacco manufacturers in West Africa. (supplychaindigital.com)
  • The company operates across the whole of the country through a major factory which develops, manufactures and exports tobacco products - in Ibadan as the central operational base and with extended operations in Zaria. (supplychaindigital.com)
  • This is exemplified in the number of local suppliers that provide BAT with the necessary raw materials to create and manufacture industry leading tobacco products. (supplychaindigital.com)
  • A spokesperson for the tobacco company Altria - that's a spinoff of Philip Morris - said in a statement that banning sales of menthol products would push them into unregulated criminal markets that she said don't allow for any regulations. (wsiu.org)
  • The Division files lawsuits involving an array of unfair or deceptive trade practices, such as fraudulent marketing of pharmaceutical products, deceptive billing practices, and price collusion by competing manufacturers. (scag.gov)
  • Spain is planning to flood France with cheap tobacco products and will potentially spark an illegal underground economy of people crossing the border to resell cheap Spanish products in France - this would turn Spain into a "tobacco dealer state. (ash.org)
  • There's absolutely no doubt that tobacco products should be subject to strict rules and enforcement. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • Clause 7 would require persons who manufacture, import, export or sell tobacco products to obtain a licence. (bvsalud.org)
  • Clause 11 would impose limitations on the advertising or other promotion or display of tobacco products. (bvsalud.org)
  • BACKGROUND: Public health scholarship has uncovered a wide range of strategies used by industry actors to promote their products and influence government regulation. (bvsalud.org)
  • No single solution can eradicate the harms from the commercial determinants of health-the business models, practices, and products of market actors that damage health equity and human and planetary health and wellbeing. (bvsalud.org)
  • regulation and disclosure of death, disease and disability" (WHO, exemptions, based on any other tobacco products and its contents, 2005). (who.int)
  • China is the world's largest tobacco producer and tobacco consumer. (factsanddetails.com)
  • It has the world's largest cigarette industry mainly because it is the world's most populated country. (factsanddetails.com)
  • Nauru is not a major producer of tobacco, but globally there were 3.1 million hectares of arable land dedicated to tobacco growing in 2021 which was nearly as much as the land dedicated to the world's large orange crop. (tobaccoatlas.org)
  • But the company that describes itself as the "world's most international tobacco group" routinely violates its own voluntary international marketing and advertising standards, according to a July 1, 2008 BBC-TV This World investigation. (corpwatch.org)
  • School districts, child care centers and institutions of higher learning have an opportunity to develop or partner with community or public health-based health communication initiatives targeted toward youth and young adults to spread anti-tobacco messages. (aap.org)
  • But, you know, public health and anti-tobacco advocates pushed back. (wsiu.org)
  • Founded in 1967, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is America's oldest anti-tobacco organization, dedicated to a world with ZERO tobacco deaths. (ash.org)
  • the approval and implementation people from exposure to SHS by In addition, the WHO FCTC has of smoke-free legislation should be law and not by means of voluntary provisions regarding il egal tobacco based on the fol owing principles agreements. (who.int)
  • 2015, p.424-430), supply chain sustainability in the tobacco industry is achieved through regulatory policy making and implementation. (essaywriter.org)
  • This request concerns documents clarifying the European Commission's implementation of the FTCC obligation to develop a specific approach for contacts with the tobacco industry. (asktheeu.org)
  • Any delay in their implementation benefits the tobacco industry at the expense of the health of Spanish and European citizens. (ash.org)
  • The tobacco industry worked both inside the legislature and through a public relations campaign to attempt to delay implementation of the law and to encourage noncompliance once the law was in effect. (nih.gov)
  • This is a globally recognized best practice which will lower tobacco use prevalence, while providing additional income to the state (without needing to increase the number of tobacco outlets in Spain). (ash.org)
  • On No Tobacco Day in 1988 Deng was given a note on the National People's Congress that read, "Please do not smoke in the Presidium. (factsanddetails.com)
  • Their apparent simplicity and design - tobacco leaves, paper and filter - hides both the chemical toxicity of smoke and the socio-economic and environmental negative aspects linked to their production, marketing and use. (creativeboom.com)
  • Secondhand smoke appears under a variety of names in the industry's internal documents, which refer to it variously as "indirect smoke," "passive smoke," "sidestream smoke" or "environmental tobacco smoke" (often abbreviated ETS). (sourcewatch.org)
  • The industry's campaign to cultivate pro-industry scientists on the secondhand smoke issue was massive, multi-faceted and international. (sourcewatch.org)
  • Other consultants were writing books, one on environmental tobacco smoke and health, another "exposing the vagaries of medical truisms, including those relating to tobacco" as "a clever and entertaining way of suggesting that medical 'certainties' are frequently without genuine scientific basis. (sourcewatch.org)
  • This study examined the tobacco industry's tactics in the political, grassroots, and media arenas in attempting to subvert California's smoke-free bar law, and the efforts of health advocates to uphold and promote the law by using the same 3 channels. (nih.gov)
  • Evaluation of the circumstances of her death and her medical history concluded that her death was from acute asthma due to environmental tobacco smoke at work. (gasp.org)
  • This death dramatizes the need to enact legal protections for workers in the hospitality industry from secondhand smoke. (gasp.org)
  • 100% Smoke-free environ- secondhand smoke exposure economical y viable alternatives to ments, not smoking rooms - The - The guidelines emphasise that tobacco. (who.int)
  • Protection from exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke : policy recommendations. (who.int)
  • Asbestos with or without tobacco smoke exposure is a major risk factor for lung cancer. (medscape.com)
  • The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund are the leading advocacy organizations working to reduce tobacco use and its deadly consequences in the United States and around the world. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • The Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization separate from, but affiliated with, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Through strategic communications and policy advocacy campaigns, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund work to change public attitudes about tobacco and promote proven policies that are most effective at reducing tobacco use and save the most lives. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is unyielding in our resolve and committed to finishing the job. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • In designing a counter-marketing campaign for this population, partnering knowledge of tobacco industry practices with youth needs and community resources will likely increase their effectiveness. (nih.gov)
  • La Tanisha C. Wright does what no other tobacco marketing executive has done before: She covertly helps public health leaders and Attorneys General end a predatory marketing campaign and sue the Big Tobacco Company that she works for. (barnesandnoble.com)
  • 2 This letter was actually the first shot in a careful and low-key, behind-the-scenes campaign on the part of the tobacco industry to influence Spitzer, although there was no way he would have known that at the time. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Operating from deep within China's own political establishment, China Tobacco has engineered a spectacularly successful campaign to stall, derail and influence key aspects of how the treaty has been implemented, a joint investigation by The Examination and media partners has found. (worldcrunch.com)
  • The company's campaign to soften the tobacco treaty began early. (worldcrunch.com)
  • Here's Dennis Henigan of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. (wsiu.org)
  • Strategic opposition to strong legislative measures continued with the well-funded tobacco industry campaign against plain packaging. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • border effects, trade liberalisation, then retrace the evolution of concern Some of these examples contributed foreign investments, global marketing, about exposure to SHS over time and to the evidence that is summarised transnational tobacco advertising, the resulting policies for protection in later chapters in this Handbook. (who.int)
  • But advocates say it could be several years before a menthol ban is put in place given opposition from the industry and the regulatory process. (wsiu.org)
  • 5 Regulatory initiatives to introduce restrictions on smoking in public areas 6 and increase tobacco taxation 7 have also provoked vigorous response. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • For example, in 2011 the Philip Morris International website stated, 'to be effective, tobacco regulatory policy must be evidence-based. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • While not illegal and pursued by many other corporations, many social commentators are very concerned about the capacity of such practices to undermine democratic processes and the integrity of government and bureaucratic decision-making. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • Further details of our approach to tackling illicit trade can be found at Illegal tobacco trade (bat.com) . (bat.com)
  • One of the many challenges in the tobacco industry on a global scale is the significant presence of illicit trading. (supplychaindigital.com)
  • Organized crime groups are the primary actor involved in the global illicit tobacco market, with serious implications for national security, citizen's health and public budgets worldwide. (who.int)
  • It stems directly from the tobacco industry's deceptive and even illegal practices. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • These toxic chemicals have been pushed into our world through deceptive business practices by the chemical and tobacco industries. (chicagotribune.com)
  • A rapid response team will produce briefs, exposés of industry front groups, opinion pieces, and content for both earned and social media outreach that will aid local advocates globally. (bloomberg.org)
  • The pharmaceutical industry, which has fought countless battles over pricing and safety and has been hit with billions of dollars in fines for illegal marketing practices, has several representatives on the board, including the senior vice president of its trade association PhRMA and officials from Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer. (dirtdiggersdigest.org)
  • 3. The situation is moving from bad to worse as the tobacco industry relocates to the poor south, fleeing harsh regulation in the developed countries. (who.int)
  • The STOP competition was launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies on March 7, 2018 at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Cape Town, South Africa. (bloomberg.org)
  • Tobacco company defendants in the case include Altria, its Philip Morris USA subsidiary and R.J. Reynolds. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Big tobacco, another battle-hardened industry, is represented by officials from Altria and Reynolds American. (dirtdiggersdigest.org)
  • The national chair of the board, W. Preston Baldwin, is listed as being affiliated with the corporate strategy consulting firm Centerpoint360, but he used to be an executive with the chewing tobacco producer UST (now owned by Altria). (dirtdiggersdigest.org)
  • 3,4 A confidential internal Philip Morris (PM) memo of that year describes the company's surveillance of the activities of Spitzer and Jerome H. Jaffe, Spitzer's expert adviser on tobacco use as a mental disorder. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Philip Morris (PM) entered the Pakistani market in August 1967, obtaining interests in Premier Tobacco Industries Ltd (PTI) through its purchase of the British holding company Godfrey Phillips Ltd ( 2 ). (who.int)
  • Because of the relation between smoking and the occurrence of mental illness, came to light the interest to check the consumption of tobacco among users of Psychosocial Care Centers and Residential Therapeutic Services. (bvsalud.org)
  • Climate-related lawsuits face complex legal obstacles, like proving causality between fossil fuel industry practices and resulting harms. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Tobacco use harms both the public and fiscal health of Nauru, threatening efforts to improve equity, alleviate poverty, and protect the environment. (tobaccoatlas.org)
  • Promote workplace-based wellness programmes by establishing tobacco-free workplaces, implementing occupational health and safety measures and health insurance plans and creating environments for walking, cycling, sports and other physical activities. (who.int)
  • Together, these activities could aid in the development of effective tobacco counter-marketing campaigns for AA youth. (nih.gov)
  • AA youth interviewed in this study were largely unaware of these tactics, and reacted negatively against the industry upon learning of them. (nih.gov)
  • However, there is no evidence that anyone suspected in the 1970s that the tobacco industry was attempting to suppress the development of the new diagnosis of "Tobacco Dependence" that ultimately appeared in DSM-III (1980. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • According to these guidelines, governmental duty to protect all for treating tobacco dependence. (who.int)
  • In the run-up to publication of DSM-5, there was much discussion of the extent to which the pharmaceutical industry-"Big Pharma"-stood to profit from the revisions. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • This is the story of how a giant state-backed monopoly created the industry, which provides more tax revenue than any other, and ultimately sabotaged the country's anti-smoking efforts in the process. (worldcrunch.com)
  • But in China, the national law never happened, and efforts by municipalities to implement their own bans have been challenged at every turn by the tobacco monopoly, commonly known as China Tobacco. (worldcrunch.com)
  • In its battle against anti-smoking efforts, China Tobacco enjoys a profound advantage, said Ray Yip, an epidemiologist who previously led the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's operations in China. (worldcrunch.com)
  • But a lot of these practices have continued, and the group says the consistency of the tobacco industry efforts has harmed Black Americans. (wsiu.org)
  • But in August 2020, Zhang Jianmin, head of the state-run monopoly China National Tobacco Corp., paid a visit to local leaders - including the mayor and the powerful head of Chongqing's branch of the Communist Party. (worldcrunch.com)
  • Clause 12 would impose a limited prohibition on tobacco sponsorships and advertising and other promotion of tobacco sponsorships. (bvsalud.org)
  • Tobacco still kills nearly half a million Americans and more than 8 million people worldwide each year. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Tobacco kills over 480,000 people in the U.S. and over 8 million worldwide each year. (tobaccofreekids.org)
  • Tobacco kills people at the height of their productivity, depriving nations of a healthy workforce and furthering the cycle of ill-health, poverty and death. (who.int)
  • Speaking of his series, Rocco adds: "I have witnessed how tobacco promotes the stripping of farmlands, threatens workers with dangerous chemicals, exploits child labour and undocumented workers, utilizes aggressive marketing campaigns aimed at identifying new customers (mostly underage), and conducts heavy lobbying to promote its expansion to novel markets and social strata. (creativeboom.com)
  • Counter-advertising campaigns, combined with school-based education, can strengthen youths' ability to resist tobacco initiation. (aap.org)
  • Warning: The tobacco industry is well-known for its effective marketing schemes and hidden-meaning campaigns. (aap.org)
  • The fallout from the failed 2008 legislation onto the cowardly Norfolk Virginia City Council which has gone from supporting smoking bans in Norfolk restaurants (October, 2007) to huge exceptions that only a tobacco executive could support. (gasp.org)
  • STOP will protect consumers by shining a spotlight on the tobacco industry's underhanded tactics, including marketing directed at children," said Michael R. Bloomberg, WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and Bloomberg Philanthropies Founder. (bloomberg.org)