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.

STOP PRESS:

• Philip Morris and some NSW tobacco dealers are trying 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. 
  

TOBACCO'S LATEST MARKETING PLOYS 
See some of the slinky new manoeuvres by tobacco companies to get around those inconvenient advertising laws.

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 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? 



WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT:

Tips for taking tobacco action

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Page last updated on 28/8/08