A global movement fighting for a tobacco-free future by standing against the tobacco industry as it targets the world’s most vulnerable people. #TobaccoFreePage
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31 Jul 2024
📣 IMPORTANT UPDATE! 📣 "Take a Part Now" is now @CTFKGlobal
While our name has changed, our mission to empower movements and advocate for a #TobaccoFree future is as strong as ever. Follow our new account 👆to stay connected!
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14 Nov 2022
"#TobaccoCompanies cannot stay in business unless kids get hooked…” Visit our website to learn about how #BigTobacco plans to addict the next generation of smokers. #ProtectKidsfromTobacco
takeapart.org/banTobaccoAds/…
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7 Nov 2022
An eye-opening study indicates the major multinational tobacco companies-#BritishAmerican, #Imperial, #JapanTobacco and #PhilipMorris-are marketing #cigarettes near schools and playgrounds in 42 countries.
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31 Oct 2022
“Cigarettes are one of the few products which are sold legally yet have undoubtedly been shown to cause harmful effects and death” – Dr. Terry Baker. Read more about the October webinar by @heartjamaica and the Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control jamaica-gleaner.com/article/…
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1 Nov 2022
Happening Tomorrow!
27 Oct 2022
Join us on November 2 for a conversation on how #BigTobacco commercializes, exploits and misrepresents traditional practices for profits.
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30 Oct 2022
#TheTruthAboutBigTobacco Cigarette giants #BritishAmericanTobacco, #ImperialBrands, #JapanTobacco, & #PhilipMorris fined €35 million in Belgium for illegally conspiring to fix #cigarette prices for years. #SpotlightOnBigTobacco
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26 Oct 2022
#TheTruthAboutBigTobacco
Leaked #tobacco industry documents in the 1990s "led to a series of investigations & legal action & within a relatively short-time [the world's biggest tobacco companies] had been exposed as suppliers of illicit tobacco."
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3 Oct 2022
#TheTruthAboutBigTobacco
The "Whitecoat Project" was a #PhilipMorris-led global effort to create and maintain a controversy about the health effects of #secondhand smoke in an effort to block progress on smoke-free policy.
sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wh…
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14 Sep 2022
Now more than ever, the government of Uruguay needs to redouble its commitment to public health, not open the door for tobacco companies to market their deadly products.
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23 Sep 2022
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14 Sep 2022
Tobacco use is the world’s leading cause of preventable death, killing more than 8 million people worldwide each year.
The world needs leaders willing to stand up to Big Tobacco, not cave to their interests.
Our full statement 👇👇👇
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21 Sep 2022
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15 Sep 2022
Uruguay's decision to roll back plain packaging is a capitulation to the tobacco industry, a setback for the country’s global leadership in tobacco control and a loss for the health of the citizens of Uruguay.
20 Sep 2022
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14 Sep 2022
The revolving door between the FDA and Philip Morris International is shameful. PMI sold 625 billion cigarettes in 2021, accounting for 71% of their revenue. No one should be fooled by claims that they’re committed to a smoke-free future.
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20 Sep 2022
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10 Aug 2022
The Big Four tobacco giants spend billions annually on advertising, promotions, and sponsorships—much of which bankrolls nearly identical, point of sale marketing tactics.
The bulk of these advertising efforts targets kids. More from @IGTC_Hopkins 👇👇👇
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18 Sep 2022
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2 Sep 2022
Following an eight year legal battle, the Nepal Supreme Court has ruled in favour of public health protection, mandating the tobacco industry to print 90% pictorial health warnings on all tobacco packs. Read more about this public health win: theunion.org/news/public-hea…
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16 Sep 2022
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9 Sep 2022
Can you spot a tobacco industry ally? Read on for tips and how to use STOP's industry ally database. bit.ly/3Bq290Z
15 Sep 2022
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7 Sep 2022
Juul will face new marketing restrictions in the U.S. including not paying influencers or depicting people under 35.
Yet in the absence of action from social media platforms, other tobacco giants continue to use these tactics to target kids online.
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14 Sep 2022
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9 Sep 2022
(1/5) Is Philip Morris International (#PMI) “peddling cures for its own poison?” @OliviaGoldhill’s new @STATnews report investigates the cigarette company’s billion-dollar investments in pharmaceutical companies. #ExposeTobacco. bit.ly/3L6n7Fd
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26 Aug 2022
This is not the first time a tobacco giant has been caught trying to buy favor.
Tobacco companies will stop at nothing to block, delay or undermine life-saving public health measures.
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9 Sep 2022
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TikTok is being urged by ASH to take a "responsible approach" towards content relating to e-cigarettes on the platform. It comes as ITV News found TikTok accounts that link to websites to buy vapes in bulk, with a mere tickbox for age verification.
itv.com/news/2022-08-26/is-i…
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7 Sep 2022
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#BREAKING
.@InsidePMI, the world’s biggest multinational tobacco company, is misleading consumers about the amount of #nicotine in its range of heated tobacco products, as “better” alternatives to #cigarettes ~ via @TBIJ
thebureauinvestigates.com/st…
@TobaccoFreeKids @exposetobacco
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