ASI: History of Close Ties with the Tobacco Industry

Related to the TobaccoTactics page on the Adam Smith Institute History of Being Funded by the Tobacco Industry British American Tobacco In the 1980s, British American Tobacco supported the Adam Smith Institute (ASI), first with small donations in 1981 and later, increasing amounts of UK£500 in 1987 and UK£750 in 1988.1234 Tobacco Advisory Council…

APCO Worldwide (formerly known as APCO Associates) is a public relations (PR) company that is headquartered in Washington, and has more than 30 offices throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle-East, Africa, Asia and the Pacific.16 The company has a long history of working with the tobacco industry, particularly in setting up front groups and grassroots organisations to be…

Background The West African country of Ghana sits on the Atlantic Ocean and borders Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso 47With an estimated population of 29.6 million in 2018, it became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence in 195748 Demographically, Ghana has a young population, with approximately 38% under the age of 15…

ProYosi (“Pro-Cigarette”) is a smokers’ consumer advocacy group based in Iloilo City, the Philippines, campaigning against what it views as discrimination of the country’s 17 million smokers. 61 It was incorporated as a registered non-profit organisation62on 26 February 2016, although its existence pre-dates this by several years according to local health advocates. 63 ProYosi calls itself…

Background A trade association is an organisation founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific sector or geographical region.85 Trade associations promote the interests of their members. As such some have supported the tobacco industry, by helping lobby on their interests as members. On this page there is a selection of trade associations from around the globe…

This page gives a basic summary of what e-cigarettes are, how they work and what they contain. It does not attempt to describe or assess their safety. What Are E-cigarettes? E-cigarettes, also known as electronic cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), work by heating a nicotine containing liquid, producing emissions usually described as a ‘vapour’. They consist of a…

Alun Davies has been a Labour Member of the Welsh Assembly since 2007; first for the Mid and West Wales Region, and from 2011 for Blaenau Gwent. In 2018 he was the Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services. Before he entered the Welsh Assembly, Davies set up a PR company in Cardiff called Bute…

Background Using Lobby Groups is one of the ways in which Tobacco Companies are Lobbying Decision Makers. Lobby Groups act on behalf of the tobacco industry, contacting regulators and policy makers with the aim to influence regulation and legislation. See…

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to voluntary corporate action that claims to act in the public interest by prioritising social goals rather than being solely profit-driven.214 However, unhealthy commodities industries (tobacco, gambling, alcohol, unhealthy food and beverage) and other socially-harmful industries (e.g. oil and gas, chemical) use CSR to set their own minimum standards for social performance, enabling them…

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for E-Cigarettes was set up in November 2014.246247248 It closed down in November 2023.249250 This Group is not related to the APPG on Smoking and Health, which was founded in 1976.251 Background The APPG was set up by Mark Pawsey, Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Rugby, who…