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Would you not be surprised to learn that an industry whose products kill over 8 million people every year (even when used as the manufacturer intended), and cause an array of health and environment disasters of epidemic proportion, has not been ...
"We cannot only think about revenues for government, consumers also need to be protected."
Tobacco industry interference in its myriad sinister forms is one of the biggest obstacles to implement the legally-binding global tobacco treaty. Unless the devious designs of Big Tobacco are thwarted and the industry is held to account legally and ...
Nicotine addiction one of biggest public health threats, says Amoth
In this paper, we share background on the ‘Big Tobacco, Tiny Targets’ campaign, three short case studies from countries where the campaign had a substantial policy impact, keys to campaign success and campaign challenges. The campaign—which demonstrated that the world’s biggest tobacco companies are targeting the world’s youth with tobacco marketing and advertising—can be adapted by others in their tobacco control policy campaigns. The point-of-sale (POS), places where consumer goods are sold, is an important platform for marketing tobacco. Greater exposure to tobacco advertising a...