Jul 18, 2019

Consistent with its tactic of utilizing third parties to counter tobacco control policies, the tobacco industry is likely to mobilize business organizations in its campaign to challenge FCTC Parties’ efforts to impose plain packaging or increase the size of graphic health warnings.

In the WTO proceedings on the Australia plain packaging law, several business platforms had submitted arguments that echo tobacco industry’s claims against the public health measure, through amicus curiae submissions.

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A. Countering Tobacco in the News

While TII intensifies during COVID-19, various organizations have pushed back with strong statements condemning the behavior of the tobacco industry and those furthering its interests; or calling for accelerated implementation of tobacco control measures during the pandemic and in the new normal.

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Jul 18, 2019

Challenges in Protecting Against Tobacco Industry Interference in the era of the Illicit Trade Protocol From Complicity in Cigarette Smuggling to Promoting so-called Solutions

Tobacco industry interference has been particularly strong against efforts to increase tobacco taxes. The industry aims to ensure that tobacco products remain affordable, while protecting their own profits – at the expense of public health. Tobacco companies target governments and finance ministries with “studies” claiming exaggerated and inaccurate economic impacts from higher taxes. Tobacco transnationals also use illicit trade as a key argument against tax increases, despite their own complicity in smuggling.

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