Hundreds of US military personnel are suing British American Tobacco alleging that its secret cigarette business in North Korea helped fund weapons that were used against American troops. This is the company that sells Camel cigarettes and Velo nicotine pouches. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Philip Morris International held secret meetings with European officials. Our investigation showed they tried to use EU diplomatic power to pressure non-EU countries to change policies that protect public health. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

If Philip Morris Intl is only targeting smokers with its addictive IQOS product, why does it want that product available to a smoke-free generation?

In a landmark first that will send seismic tremors through the tobacco industry, the gov of Maldives passed the world's first generational ban on tobacco. No one born after 2007 will ever be able to buy tobacco products in the Maldives. presidency.gov.mv/Press/Articl...

The City of Baltimore is suing Philip Morris International - it alleges the cigarette company was illegally marketing Zyn nicotine pouches to kids. This would fit into the tobacco industry's playbook of hooking young people on its products. tobaccoreporter.com/2025/05/08/b...

The city of Baltimore is suing Philip Morris International for marketing its Zyn nicotine pouches to kids.

An important new analysis of the current evidence on heated tobacco products punctures tobacco industry marketing that these products are safe and helpful for smokers to quit. Especially important as Philip Morris Intl. launches its IQOS product in the U.S. exposetobacco.org/resource/und....

The Philippines gov ordered Philip Morris International to stop marketing a collab version of its IQOS heated cigarette with @steveaoki13.bsky.social because it's against the law. www.dti.gov.ph/osmv/osmv-ne...

British American Tobacco in Kenya is making changes to its board amidst controversy about possible tax evasion revealed in an investigation from @investigativedesk.bsky.social , @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Tax Justice Network Africa. eastleighvoice.co.ke/headlines/11...

British American Tobacco is now under investigation in Kenya for possible tax evasion. Great work from @investigativedesk.bsky.social @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Tax Justice Network Africa to uncover a $28m discrepancy in its filings. peopledaily.digital/business/eye...

They're legendary disease detectives: The CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service. Very little may be left of it after today, writes @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

Important investigation from @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Investigative Desk show a $28m gap between the cigarettes British American Tobacco made in Kenya and how much tax it paid. That's a lot of money the Kenyan people could really use. www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

The bad kind of #H5N1 #birdflu is in cattle and everyone is distracted by the crazy administration www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

Withdrawing US funding from the World Health Organization is a potential disaster for public health worldwide, due to the impact it will have on the important work the WHO does. Preventing the CDC from even *talking* with WHO personnel is a step much farther toward undermining global health & safety

In the Philippines, a weak vaping law championed by Philip Morris Intl is starting to be seen as a failure. A Senate hearing found that the country gained 9.5 million new smokers from 2021-2023. Around 1m were adolescents, or age 10-19. opinion.inquirer.net/180327/a-new...

Reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes would be a major step forward in reducing the catastrophic health toll smoking still takes on Americans. Which is why tobacco companies will fight it at every turn. thehill.com/policy/healt...

For some ongoing work we pulled together the most complete datasets we could find disease by disease, and sure enough, the map looks different. Only reason Europe and Canada aren’t full of points: we couldn’t chase down the data. Spillover is a global problem www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

We’re on the cusp of the next pandemic starting in the USA, and journalists are still cherry-picking data to tell this tired, racist story about spillover being a problem of the Global South (because scientists keep telling them that story) www.ft.com/content/a714...

The links between alcohol and cancer are increasingly clear. The public should know about these risks and, while the industry will fight against them, warning labels would be a great place to start. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

A new Yale study estimates that raising the age for tobacco sales to 21 could avert more than 525,000 deaths, more than double prior estimates.

The gov of Bangladesh found that British American Tobacco evaded about $44 million in taxes over the past four fiscal years. In keeping with its "Better Tomorrow" mantra, BAT sold cigarettes at higher prices than it reported to tax authorities. www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/c...

A regulatory agency in Ukraine found that Philip Morris Ukraine's claims about the lower risk of IQOS compared to cigarettes are inaccurate. The agency told them to stop disseminating inaccurate information i.e. stop lying. en.interfax.com.ua/news/economi...

Tobacco companies claim they don't market nicotine pouches like Zyn and Velo to kids but there are a lot of young people using them. Once they are of legal age and hooked on nicotine, Philip Morris Intl and BAT will be happy for them to smoke. edition.cnn.com/2024/12/30/h...

I’m coming up on @cnbc.com where I’ll be discussing H5N1 bird flu. This remains a low probability risk but a potentially high impact event we have to take more steps to help mitigate. This includes broadening range of anti viral drugs in the stockpile and developing vaccines specific for this strain

🚬Big Tobacco Alert: Philip Morris International’s deceptive moves to promote "smoke-free" products in Africa aren’t about health—they’re about market expansion. By targeting regions w/ low smoking rates, PMI aims to create new dependencies, not solve them. Read more: african.business/2024/12/trad...

On efforts by experts in the DRC & WHO to track down the cause of an outbreak that has infected 394 people – with up to 74 dead – in the remote village Panzi With @paulnuki.bsky.social @maevecullinan.bsky.social @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

In support of @KickBigSodaOut, we call on the #Olympics to terminate its relationship with Big Soda. The IOC rejected our petition reaffirming its "partnership" w/ Big Soda but the fight isn’t over! Watch this video and join the movement to end Big Soda’s role in sport! youtube.com/shorts/TMJGO...

Important update regarding a child in #California who tested positive for #H5N1 - it is the same strain from the dairy farm outbreak I hope they are looking at - other potential animal exposures - food exposure (undercooked meat or raw milk/dairy) - human exposures

An investigation by The BMJ shows the extent of the fossil fuel industry’s involvement in medical research, leading to fresh calls for academics and publishing companies to cut ties with such companies www.bmj.com/content/387/...

UK orders H5 avian flu vaccine for pandemic preparedness www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

Philip Morris International is funding a new front group to fight a proposed ban on flavored tobacco in #Denver. This is so it can hook as many people as possible on a highly addictive heated tobacco product it intends to sell soon in the US. www.axios.com/local/denver...

Legislators in Viet Nam saw through tobacco company misinformation and delivered a huge win for public health. Congratulations to the Ministry of Health and colleagues who worked long and hard on this. www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-paci...

Lessons can be learned from the WHO FCTC, the treaty that aims to reduce tobacco use. In that treaty, the tobacco industry is prohibited from policy discussions because of its irreconcilable conflict of interest with public health.

Bird flu virus has been found in a batch of raw milk sold in California, and consumers should not drink it, the state Department of Public Health warned Sunday.

An under-reported aspect of public health is that advocates challenging tobacco, food and alcohol industries face intimidation.

New reporting from @examinationnews.bsky.social shows that, since Philip Morris Intl, pledged it would deliver a "smoke-free future" in 2016, it has released at least 30 new flavor capsule cigarette brands into Latin American markets. www.theexamination.org/articles/fru...

Strong investigative reporting from @tbij.bsky.social shows how tobacco companies greenwash environmental impact of their products.

Cigarettes = plastic.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to visit us at #UnionConf2024 to discuss our work and test their tobacco control knowledge. We believe that uncovering tactics of #BigTobacco is important to ensure a world free from lung disease.

According to the new Surgeon General's report, limiting nicotine in cigarettes to "minimally addictive or nonaddictive levels" could prevent more than 33 million people from starting to smoke and prevent 8 million deaths by 2100. Wow. www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...

Nominations close on Monday 25 Nov for the 2025 #BloombergPhilanthropies Awards for Global Tobacco Control. These awards celebrate progress in adopting and implementing best-practice #tobaccocontrol policies. @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social Apply here: www.bloomberg.org/awards-for-g...