woensdag 06 mei 2026
The platform Prohibition Does Not Work (PDNW) is a new lobby group for the tobacco industry. PDNW opposes government measures that restrict smoke-free products. The platform consists of partners who have been connected to the tobacco industry for years. A network unravelled.
lees meer...donderdag 12 maart 2026
An opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the revision of the Tobacco Excise Directive lists all the arguments that the tobacco lobby also puts forward against the proposal. Attempts by an EESC member to bring the opinion more into balance all failed.
lees meer...donderdag 05 februari 2026
In a Smoke Free Partnership webinar experts warned against the misleading lobby of the tobacco industry, which claims that Swedes smoke less thanks to snus and nicotine pouches. In reality, the lower smoking figures are due to a consistent tobacco control policy. However, nicotine use among young people is increasing enormously.
lees meer...dinsdag 03 februari 2026
The EU Tobacco Tax Directive needs a quick and thorough update, because both the minimum rates and the scope of the directive are outdated. The review “is not a finance issue, but a health issue,” an EC official said at a European Respiratory Society conference.
lees meer...maandag 02 februari 2026
UPDATE 04-02-2026
The age limit for the purchase of nicotine products will go from 18 to 21 years in the Netherlands, if it is up to the upcoming government. The three coalition parties are also criminalizing the possession of illegal vapes and plan to intensify enforcement.
maandag 26 januari 2026
UPDATE 29-01-2026
For the documentary ‘Enfumés’, journalist Manon de Couët went undercover to work at Philip Morris in Paris. The result: an unfiltered insight into the deception and cunning of the tobacco industry, which prefers to operate in the shadows.
maandag 12 januari 2026
With an urgent letter to Ursula von der Leyen and Wopke Hoekstra in December, the tobacco sector tried to change the European Commission’s mind about the proposed revision of the Tobacco Excise Directive. Drama was not shunned.
lees meer...donderdag 11 december 2025
UPDATE 05-01-2026
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport has already repeatedly urged the House of Representatives to comply with FCTC Article 5.3 in order to keep out the tobacco industry’s lobby. A new letter was sent to the new House after the recent elections, the responsible official said in an interview.
donderdag 04 december 2025
Without causing any commotion, a representative of the tobacco industry was able to openly try to undermine the proposals during a hearing of the European Parliament on the revision of the Tobacco Excise Directive. FCTC Article 5.3 is completely ignored by the EP.
lees meer...donderdag 20 november 2025
Denmark, Iceland and Norway are implementing the provisions of Article 5.3 of the WHO FCTC Convention with a guideline for public servants. The document explicitly states that the rules also apply to members of parliament. The Dutch government has been complying with 5.3 since 2016, but here parliament does not want to commit itself.
lees meer...maandag 17 november 2025
The Netherlands is at the top of the Tobacco Industry Interference Index of the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobaco Control. This is mainly due to the lawsuit that Youth Smoking Prevention filed against the Dutch state in 2014 about compliance with FCTC Article 5.3. Now, only parliament is still open to influence by the tobacco industry.
lees meer...woensdag 22 oktober 2025
Once again, news site EU Reporter appears to be an outpost of the tobacco lobby, with a story that praises the Swedish model of harm reduction. But snus is not the cause of the low smoking prevalence in Sweden, and the Swedish Cancer Institute mainly sees disadvantages.
lees meer...woensdag 08 oktober 2025
Since June 2024, tobacco lobbyists have already had 220 meetings with MEPs. In particular, the revision of the Tobacco Excise Directive is now under discussion. The lobby is trying to get exceptions to the regulations for alternative nicotine products. Health organizations do little in return.
lees meer...donderdag 24 juli 2025
To counter the arrival of new nicotine products, a coalition of tobacco control organisations in Latin America decided to adopt a surprisingly effective strategy: they use the same tactics as the tobacco industry uses, but this time against the industry itself.
lees meer...maandag 21 juli 2025
In a recent letter to the British government, the American think tank Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) argues against the introduction of a generational sales ban for tobacco. However, the think tank appears to rely on experts who work for the tobacco industry.
lees meer...dinsdag 08 juli 2025
At the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin at the end of June, it became clear that all over the world the focus is shifting from tobacco control to eliminating tobacco. Constant attempts by the industry to influence policy are the main obstacle.
lees meer...donderdag 22 mei 2025
Global trade publication for the advertising industry, AdWeek, recently provided a platform to Philip Morris International (PMI) by inviting senior vice president Marian Salzman to appear on a podcast. During this episode, misleading information was spread, and a deadly industry was normalized.
lees meer...donderdag 24 april 2025
An organisation that bills itself as an agency and PR firm for talented writers turns out to be part of a broad original US network of libertarian organisations around the Atlas Network. Young Voices is therefore another mouthpiece for the tobacco industry.
lees meer...dinsdag 01 april 2025
For over 20 years, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has been funding an exclusive scholarship for Romanian journalists to train them in independent reporting on European policy. In doing so, JTI has managed to grow over 280 press pawns.
lees meer...maandag 18 december 2023
Philip Morris International (PMI) has been a major sponsor of NATO Defense College Foundation conferences in Rome for eight years. The prestigious think tank offers the tobacco giant access to politicians, ministers and other influential people from around the world. Critics are baffled, especially now that PMI continues to swell the Russian war chest.
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