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Litigation information
Tobacco lawsuits have been filed in over 30 countries. The document summarises information gathered from 2000-2005
Research Reports and Publications based on tobacco industry documents, 1995-2005. (ASH Archive Collection)
Research reports and publications based on tobacco industry documents relating to international issues. This document, by Dr Norbert Hirschhorn, is an update and expansion of an inventory originally compiled by Ross MacKenzie, Jeff Collin and Kelley Lee at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Turnbull Guidance on Internal Control (External Web Page)
The Turnbull Guidance on Internal Control was devised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants and backed by the London School of Economics. It is therefore a legal requirement of UK listed companies to comply with the guidance. It is the first guidance on internal control that obliges companies to take account of environmental and social risks. 2005
The tobacco industry, ETS and the hospitality trade
Smoking restrictions in workplaces or in public places cost the tobacco industry millions due to a fall in consumption. Using internal tobacco industry documents, this report looks at how the tobacco industry has sought to undermine research and derail attempts to introduce smoking restrictions by building alliances with the hospitality sector
Industry youth smoking prevention initiatives PowerPoint Presentation
June 2002: Presentation (36 slides) based on Danger! PR in the playground with graphic examples of youth smoking initiatives and evidence from tobacco industry documents.
Tobacco companies involved in price fixing - The Economist (ASH Archive Collection)
July 2001: The Economist magazine reveals large scale price fixing activity among BAT and its rivals Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds. Main page of the OECD, featuring their guidelines for multinational enterprises which prohibit price-fixing (...but are toothless).
Philip Morris study of costs of smoking in Czech Republic: ASH response
ASH analysis of the Philip Morris study of the costs of smoking in the Czech Republic. Though widely reported as showing that early death of smokers outweighs the extra health care costs while alive, we show the exact opposite is true. Smoking costs 13 times more than the 'benefits' of early death
George W. Bush and the tobacco industry (External Web Page)
April 2001: Excellent account of the links between key figures in the Bush administration and Big Tobacco by Rob Weissman on 'CorpWatch' (US). [Also see a 1999 article from The Nation]
Project Whitecoat: Examines how Philip Morris used scientist to spread disinformation about passive smoking
A selection of documents related to a massive scientific public relations exercise which involved buying up scientists, infiltrating journals and setting up learned societies.
What is the future of the Tobacco industry? (ASH Archive Collection)
June 2000: a debate from the journal Tobacco Control about the end game for the most disreputable industry in history.
The Tobacco Industry and the Health Effects of Smoking (External Web Page)
Health Select Committee
June 2000: Outstanding UK parliamentary report on the tobacco industry, going through its claims and history of deceit with surgical precision. Concludes that a much tougher regulatory authority is needed and that BAT should be investigated for smuggling.
What we have learned from people: a conceptual collated summary of 18 focus group
This is a document from 1975 for Ted Bates advertising agency which is a clear example of how the tobacco marketing industry regards its customers.
Quotations from 'TOBACCO WARS': A BBC documentary (ASH Archive Collection)
Quotations from 'TOBACCO WARS'- A BBC documentary on the history and politics of tobacco, transmitted in July/August 1999
Evidence to the House of Commons Health Select Committee
November 1999: ASH and Royal College of Nursing evidence to the Health Select Committee describing how the companies responded to scientific bad news about smoking and health. This draws on numerous confidential tobacco industry documents revealing a history of denial and duplicity.
Industry job losses
August 1998: The impact of tobacco policies on tobacco industry jobs. The tobacco industry claims that tobacco control initiatives will cost jobs and that is a further reason why Government action to tackle the widespread disease and addiction caused by tobacco should be limited. In fact most jobs have been lost to automation.
Tobacco Explained (Purchase £10.00)
The truth about the tobacco industry in its own words. The story of tobacco industry's astonishing record of deceit and denial told through its own confidential documents. The company documents were released during legal action in the United States. Covers smoking and health, addiction, advertising, marketing to kids, passive smoking, the drive into developing countries.Debating Tobacco - ASH vs. Tobacco Industry (ASH Archive Collection)
April 1998: Debate between ASH and the UK Tobacco Manufacturers Association covering many different areas of the tobacco issue. First published in Punch.
