Philip Morris

Brands of cigarette packs with health warning are displayed in the showcase of a kiosk painted with Pakistan's national flag, along a road in Karachi, Pakistan May 5, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Akhtar Soomro/Files

Pakistan Diluted Proposed Tobacco Warnings After Philip Morris, BAT Lobbying

Aditya Kalra, Saad Sayeed and Tom Lasseter 29/05/2018

Instead of the proposed 85%, the new rule, which...

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With Roman Law Doctrine, India Moves to Stub out Tobacco Industry Rights

Aditya Kalra 31/01/2018

The government is pushing the SC to apply a...

iQOS

How Philip Morris Is Selling Regulators on Its New Smoking Device

Paritosh Bansal, Tom Lasseter, Duff Wilson Thomas Wilson, Ami Miyazaki and Aditya Kalra 21/12/2017

A key objective: convince governments of iQOS's benefits so...

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Public Health Leaders Ask to Be Removed From Mailing List of Foundation Offering Them Tobacco-Funded Grants

Anoo Bhuyan 15/12/2017

This follows The Wire's exclusive story this week about...

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Exclusive: Philip Morris Funded Anti-Smoking Foundation Targeting Public Health Leaders With Grants

Anoo Bhuyan 13/12/2017

Leaked emails reveal that the foundation is actively making...

A shopkeeper takes out a cigarette from a box for a customer in Kolkata October 15, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Health Ministry Plans to Stop Cigarette Shops From Selling Candy, Soft Drinks

The Wire Staff 28/09/2017

In an attempt to protect children from tobacco addiction,...

A man smokes next to a cigarette advertisement hung on a tree at a marketplace in New Delhi, India, May 3, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Adnan Abidi

Health Officials Fume as Philip Morris Takes Aim at Young People in India

Aditya Kalra, Paritosh Bansal, Duff Wilson and Tom Lasseter 18/07/2017

Despite Indian regulations forbidding the advertisement of tobacco products,...