Big Tobacco

Political and civil society leaders joining forces to counter Big Tobacco lobbying

Against a backdrop of increasing scrutiny of influence in the European institutions post-Qatargate and Europe’s enduring struggle to clamp down on the booming illicit tobacco trade,...

Does #COVID-19 represent a mortal threat to the #tobacco sector?

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has spelled bad news on the whole for smokers and the industry which supplies them. The most recent developments include the debunking of...

#Tobacco lobby impeding Swiss public health policy progress

Vinayak M Prasad (World Health Organization) - #BigTobacco should be taxed more to pay for the health costs of smoking

There are more than a 1.1 billion smokers in the world, and it’s estimated that 8 million people die every year as a result of their...