Examining the tobacco industry as a 21st-century driver of public health harm.
Leaked documents show how lobbying successfully relaxed regulations around Velo nicotine pouches. Experts fear the products will addict a new generation.
Philip Morris International has poured millions into a nonprofit that funds a sprawling network of pro-vaping groups trying to influence laws.
Smoking rates have declined dramatically in much of the world since the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was signed 20 years ago. But not in China – and its people are suffering the consequences.
For two decades, China Tobacco has undermined a landmark anti-smoking treaty. Millions more deaths are predicted as a result.
The medical education provider had proposed a year’s worth of online content about smoking cessation backed by the tobacco giant, an internal document shows.
The new labels are being proposed after The Examination revealed that British American Tobacco had successfully lobbied for minimal health warnings on its products.
England’s tobacco control programme lead, Martin Dockrell, told the controversial e-cigarette company how it could best enter the British market, internal company files show.
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Other countries are also considering bans on tobacco product sales, similar to a pioneering law now axed in a deal by New Zealand’s right-wing coalition.
We talk to the author of the book behind Netflix’s new docuseries on e-cigarette company Juul about the corporate and regulatory missteps that helped fuel a teen vaping crisis.
The tobacco giant is accused of violating French public health law in its marketing strategy for IQOS heated tobacco products.
Measuring the power and influence of the world’s largest cigarette manufacturer.
Twenty years on, the landmark Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has changed tobacco policy across the world — but still faces fierce industry resistance.
As e-cigarette use spreads, the health of millions hinges on getting the answers right.
Six ways China has side-stepped the global anti-tobacco treaty
While the tobacco epidemic continues to kill millions each year, the industry is making big bets on new products and emerging global economies.
