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.
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 new study.
-
British American Tobacco are targeting African Children with cigarettes
and promotion, says a BBC documentary.
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The tobacco industry worked for decades to mislead and deceive smokers
into thinking "light" and "mild" cigarettes were
healthier.
TOBACCO'S
LATEST ADVERTISING / PROMOTION / MARKETING PLOYS
As one door closes, the tobacco industry tries to get around or under it
- or forces another one wider open. See some of the slinky new manoeuvres by
tobacco companies to slip past those inconvenient advertising laws.
Tobacco industry should butt out of health
policy
5/5/09: ASH has written to Australian governments
asking them to prevent tobacco industry interference in health policy,
in line with Article 5.3 of the worldwide Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control. It points out that the tobacco industry's aims are in
"fundamental and irreconcilable conflict" with public
health. See
ASH media
release 5/5/09
OTHER RESOURCES:
Read the damning evidence of deceit in their
own Industry documents
A major area of misleading and deceptive
conduct has been the
"Light/Mild" scam.
BAT's
Butt Litter Trust - see how a tobacco company tries to use butt
litter to derail smokefree public places
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?
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