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Job openings at the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control
December 6, 2018

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Job Vacancy: Project Coordinator
December 6, 2018

Location: Telecommute; preferably based in Thailand or within Southeast AsiaHours : Full-timeContract: Fixed TermSalary : Negotiable Duties: The Project Coordinator is expected to: Implement and monitor detailed project plan, including provision of technical and administrative support. Coordinate the delivery of [...]

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Job Vacancy: Communications Officer
December 6, 2018

Location: Telecommute; preferably based in Thailand or within Southeast AsiaHours : Full-timeContract: Fixed TermSalary : Negotiable Duties: The Communications Officer is expected to: Elaborate and implement communication strategies and plans, in accordance with the objectives of the project. Assist in [...]

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Scientists Are Rejecting Massive Amounts Of Money For Research From The Tobacco Industry
December 6, 2018

Scientists don’t want tobacco industry funds to touch their work. Multiple Australian researchers have asserted that they will not accept funding or support from a tobacco industry–funded research organisation in an editorial published today. The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) is [...]

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The truth about lobbying: 10 ways big business controls government
December 4, 2018

Tamasin Cave and Andy Rowell The Guardian From trying to stop plain packaging on cigarettes to pushing through HS2 and opening the countryside to fracking, big business employs lobbying companies to persuade government to meet their interests. But what are the [...]

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E-cigarettes—new product, old tricks
December 1, 2018

Tobacco smoking cessation represents one of the most successful public health initiatives in the world, with smoking prevalence at its lowest during the past decade according to recent WHO estimates. However, since the introduction of e-cigarettes in 2003, marketed as a [...]

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Tobacco Industry Ploys
November 30, 2018

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US seeks $289bn in tobacco claim
November 15, 2018

19 March 2003: BBC News The US Justice Department is suing the world’s leading tobacco companies for $289bn (£184.5bn) of their profits for the alleged fraudulent marketing of cigarettes. A court filing by the US government claims the companies lied [...]

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Malawi: Tobacco Industry Accused of Engaging Children
November 15, 2018

21 Mar 2002 Hamilton Vokhiwa All Africa Nairobi — The Malawi tobacco industry has come under renewed pressure to stop using child labour and to make way for other more economic crops in the country. Tobacco accounts for a significant [...]

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Enticing Third World Youth; Big Tobacco Is Accused Of Crossing an Age Line
November 15, 2018

24 Aug 2001 Greg Winter The New York Times Sara Bogdani had just turned 17 last summer when she slipped into a short skirt and started working as a Marlboro girl. While the rest of her high school friends spent [...]

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Tobacco giant says sorry to Czechs
November 15, 2018

27 Jul 2001 Michael Ellison The Guardian Philip Morris, the US tobacco giant behind Marlboro cigarettes, has apologised for funding a widely derided survey that found that the early deaths of smokers helped governments to save money. “All of us [...]

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Smoking Can Help Czech Economy, Philip Morris-Little Report Says
November 15, 2018

16 July 2001 Gordon Fairclough The Wall Street Journal Cigarette Smokers’ Frequent Early Deaths Offset Federal Medical Costs, Study Finds Philip Morris Cos. officials in the Czech Republic have been distributing an economic analysis concluding that cigarette consumption isn’t a [...]

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The tobacco industry plays price games to make it even tougher to quit smoking
November 9, 2018

By J. Robert Branston, Anna Gilmore, Rosemary Hiscock Source: The Conversation It is thought about two in three smokers want to kick their deadly habit, and with good reason – the same proportion of them are believed to die prematurely because of smoking. [...]

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WHO vows tighter, broader actions against tobacco, industry interference
October 30, 2018

Editor: Mu Xuequan Xinhua GENEVA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) — The World Health Organization (WHO) unveiled a global strategy on Saturday to scale up the tobacco control agenda over the next few years and to prevent further interference by tobacco industry [...]

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COP8 adopts important decision on WHO FCTC Article 5.3
October 15, 2018

On 6 October 2018, the eighth session of the WHO FCTC (COP8) adopted important decision that will strengthen the implementation of Article 5.3 and protect public health measures from tobacco industry interference. Among the issues included in this decision are: [...]

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Side event on tackling tobacco industry interference held at COP8
October 8, 2018

Delegates from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Thailand, in collaboration with the Corporate Accountability and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) Secretariat’s Knowledge Hub on Article 5.3 at the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control [...]

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Top Cancer Researcher Fails to Disclose Corporate Financial Ties in Major Research Journals
September 20, 2018

By Charles Ornstein and Katie Thomas: The New York Times [...]

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Saudi Arabia tells WTO it plans to adopt plain tobacco packaging
September 20, 2018

By Tom Miles; editing by David Stamp: Reuters [...]

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Big Tobacco is consistently overstating black market in cigarettes – new findings
September 19, 2018

By: Allen Gallagher, Anna Gilmore Source: The Conversation What’s the size of the black market in tobacco and who is behind it? These questions have dogged governments, public health advocates, researchers and the tobacco industry for years. The world’s biggest tobacco companies [...]

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GGTC Selected for Bloomberg Philanthropies STOP Grant
August 25, 2018

Source: Bloomberg Philanthropies Bloomberg Philanthropies selects Global Centre for Good Governance in Tobacco Control and two key partners to lead STOP: the Global Tobacco Industry Watchdog Bloomberg Philanthropies’ public health team  works with partners in low- and middle-income countries to reduce [...]

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Big Tobacco’s Global Reach on Social Media
August 24, 2018

Source: New York Times The tobacco industry says it no longer tries to hook new generations of smokers. So what’s behind the legions of beautiful young people in smoking, vaping and partying posts with the same hashtags? It’s been years since [...]

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Combat against devastating effects of tobacco can only be won ‘if the UN stands united’ – UN health official
August 24, 2018

Source: United Nations United Nations agencies must join forces at the policy level and refuse interference from tobacco companies in their programmes so the destructive impact of tobacco can be effectively addressed and lives can be saved, the head of [...]

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Professionals co-opted to back tobacco giants
August 22, 2018

19 August 2018: Source: Daily Maverick By Masutane Modjadji and Kerry Cullinan The tobacco industry is spending vast sums of money to fight government’s attempts to tighten smoking laws and regulate electronic cigarettes – and it has managed to recruit [...]

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Tobacco Industry Interference
August 18, 2018

Tobacco Industry Interference Year Region/ Country Topic Headline News Souce 2017 Australia Tobacco executive (of ATA International) donations to Labor Party Bill Shorten seeks explanation for reported $400,000 donations from tobacco boss The Guardian 2017 Congo, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Somalia, [...]

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Here Are The Leaders Of STOP: Bloomberg’s $20 Million Tobacco Watchdog
August 16, 2018

14 August 2018: Source: Forbes By: Bruce Y. Lee STOP has just started and aims to bring new meaning to the phrase “asking for a light,” when it comes to smoking. STOP is an acronym for a new $20 million Bloomberg Philanthropies initiative [...]

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Bloomberg targets Big Tobacco’s ‘underhanded tactics’
August 16, 2018

14 August 2018: Source: APF Billionaire former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday gave a trio of anti-tobacco crusaders $20 million to up their game against an industry aggressively marketing its deadly wares worldwide, especially in developing countries. The [...]

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Tobacco watchdog will provide industry monitoring and awareness
August 14, 2018

14 August 2018: Source: Bloomberg The Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP) competition was launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies at the World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Cape Town, South Africa. Prospective applicants could include up to three organizations as partners, but [...]

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17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health Declarations announced at conference close
August 9, 2018

Source: 17th World Conference On Tobacco Or Health Dr Harry Lando, Chair of the WCTOH Organizing Committee, announced eleven declarations of the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Thanking delegates, organizers and speakers for their contribution to the success of [...]

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Government orders Phillip Morris to stop advertising “healthier” tobacco products or face legal action
July 20, 2018

18 July 2018: Source: The Telegraph he Government will take one of the world’s largest tobacco firms to court unless it stops illegally targeting UK consumers with tobacco adverts, a Minister has said. Yesterday the Department of Health sent a [...]

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World’s biggest tobacco firm under fire over ‘disgraceful’ PR stunt
July 20, 2018

19 July 2018: Source: The Guardian NHS staff told to reject offer by makers of Marlboro cigarettes to help them quit smoking The world’s biggest tobacco firm has been accused of staging “a disgraceful PR stunt” by offering to help [...]