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Revealed: the free-market groups helping the tobacco industry
More than 100 free-market thinktanks from North America to Europe and south Asia took positions helpful to the tobacco industry or donations, Guardian investigation shows
How tobacco industry donations cloud debates over cigarette controls
Jessica Glenza in New York
Wed 23 Jan 2019
Free-market thinktanks around the world provide a powerful voice of support to cigarette manufacturers in battles against tougher regulations, a Guardian investigation shows.
The tobacco industry has long been treated as a pariah by many governments and officials because its products kill more than 7 million people per year.
But the industry has found support from free-market thinktanks, including from some of the most prestigious.
At least 106 thinktanks in two dozen countries have accepted donations from tobacco companies, argued against tobacco control policies called for by the World Health Organization (WHO), or both, according to a detailed Guardian analysis published today.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2019/jan/23/free-market-thinktanks-tobacco-industry
