The tobacco industry: "Unlawful, deceptive
and lethal"
(US
Supreme Court ruling)
ASH would like to see
the tobacco industry taking the same level of responsibility other
businesses are expected to take for the safety and wellbeing of their
consumers and the public - especially young people. Here's what they've
been doing instead...
TOBACCO
INDUSTRY NEWS - latest on the industry's misdeeds
TOBACCO
ADVERTISING, PROMOTION AND SPONSORSHIP (TAPS) - latest slick tricks
and how to identify and monitor them
TOBACCO INDUSTRY MYTHS - spreading
misinformation
TOBACCO INDUSTRY BACKGROUND
- past history and leading figures
TAKING ACTION - what you can do about
it
TOBACCO
INDUSTRY NEWS
Read the latest on the industry's many misdeeds,
recent court cases, reports,
internal documents and more.
LOWLIGHTS:
- Philip Morris and some NSW tobacco
dealers tried to scuttle an out-of-sight display policy by
misinforming NSW cabinet ministers.
- Tobacco companies suppressed research
and information on the presence of deadly radioactive poison
Polonium 210 in tobacco, says a study.
-
British American Tobacco have targeted African Children with cigarettes
and promotion, says a BBC documentary.
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The industry worked for decades to mislead and deceive smokers
into thinking "light" and "mild" cigarettes were
healthier.
TOBACCO
ADVERTISING, PROMOTION AND SPONSORSHIP
("TAPS")
As one door closes, the tobacco industry tries to get around or under it
- or forces another one wider open. See some of the tricky new marketing
and promotional manoeuvres by
tobacco companies to slip past those inconvenient advertising laws.
Use this checklist
to identify and monitor TAPS in your jurisdiction or area. Download it
or cut and paste.
BUSTING
TOBACCO INDUSTRY MYTHS
Tobacco companies
and their allies continue to muddy the waters: undermining research,
covering up, and fostering myths about smoking, secondhand smoke and
popular measures to counter it. Below are some useful sites that answer
these myths.
TOBACCO
INDUSTRY BACKGROUND
History, the major companies and their market shares, and who's who.
See "Dear
David, please tell us the TRUTH about tobacco" - our tough questions for a Philip
Morris executive who addressed the National Press Club (23/3/05).
Big
T, 40 Years On - has Big Tobacco
really turned over a new leaf?
TAKING
ACTION: what you can do about it
Don't like being played for a
sucker? Then fight back.
Here's what you can do...
Rebutting
the tobacco industry, winning smokefree air
November 2009: Global Smokefree Partnership 2009 status
report on tobacco industry interference to hold back and undermine
public health legislation. Details the industry’s worldwide tactics of
fear and misinformation, vs the positive impact of governments,
organisations and individuals who are taking them on - with the backing
of the FCTC treaty.
Tips
for taking tobacco action
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