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International tobacco companies

International tobacco companies. David Simpson Director, International Agency on Tobacco and Health Visiting Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Honorary Fellow, Clinical Trial Service Unit, Oxford Editor, News Analysis, Tobacco Control journal. World’s smokers.

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International tobacco companies

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  1. International tobacco companies David Simpson Director, International Agency on Tobacco and Health Visiting Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Honorary Fellow, Clinical Trial Service Unit, Oxford Editor, News Analysis, Tobacco Control journal

  2. World’s smokers From the US Bureau of the Census and World Bank, Curbing the epidemic: Governments and the economics of tobacco control, 1999.

  3. Smoking prevalence: men WHO data

  4. Smoking prevalence: women WHO data

  5. World tobacco deaths WHO World Health Report 1999.

  6. Cumulative tobacco deaths WHO World Health Report 1999.

  7. Tobacco addiction is a communicated disease: The vector? Big tobacco

  8. Trans-national tobacco companies’ sales (1990) US$ billions

  9. TNC sales &developing countries’ gross domestic product (GDP) Philip Morris BAT Japan Tobacco Peru Bangladesh Hungary Sri Lanka Ghana Senegal Kenya US$ billions

  10. Annual earnings: BAT(highest paid director) IATH (total income) &

  11. The international tobacco industry Philip Morris – PM (holding company now known as ‘Altria’) Marlboro, Chesterfield, Philip Morris British American Tobacco – BAT (includes Rothmans) State Express 555, Lucky Strike, Benson & Hedges, Rothmans Japan Tobacco International – JTI (still state-controlled; former JT + non-US business of RJR Reynolds) Mild Seven, Salem also: Altadis (France/Spain, formerly SEITA & Tabacalera); Imperial (UK), incl. Reemtsma (Germany) ; ITC India (part-BAT); Monopolies, e.g. Tekel (Turkey), Sampoerna (Indonesia), etc

  12. A brief tobacco industry history of the tobacco epidemic 1940s +50s 1960s + 70s 1980s 1990s 2000-2003 - scientific evidence forces health-related scientific research - development of government health policy; - industry scientists lose power to marketing executives - expand international activities; - use toxic reduction health policy as hostage to preserve advertising - litigation increases; - Minnesota case releases millions of papers; - health advocacy increases - ‘We’ve changed!’ programmes, e.g. BAT’s ‘Social reports’; - FCTC process puts tobacco on health agenda worldwide; - continue to expand markets as fast as possible

  13. Two unique aspects of the tobacco industry: The product: highly addictive very dangerous, at any level of consumption; largest cause of disease, disability & premature death The people: self-selected group, not concerned by scientific evidence of diseases caused by tobacco

  14. One simple truth about the tobacco industry: The companies will always fight every effective health policy measure

  15. Senegal

  16. Cape Times, South Africa, Oct 1993

  17. Trinidad, 1998

  18. Uganda, Tanzania & Kenya, Dec 2001

  19. Tobacco industry ‘We’ve changed’ strategy: - “We don’t want kids to smoke”- global ad code (self-regulation…)- “Let us back into the scientific community”- community aid programmes

  20. Tobacco industry ‘We’ve changed’ strategy:“We don’t want kids to smoke”

  21. Industry ‘Youth Prevention’ programmes: • public relations strategy: improve image • ‘proactive’ - industry avoids ad bans • programme says little on dangers of tobacco • programmes shown to be ineffective* • - “adult activity” - may encourage kids to smoke * • * DiFranza J & McAfee T. The Tobacco Institute: Helping youth to say ‘yes’ to tobacco. • J Fam Prac 1992,34(6)

  22. “The youth program... support[s] the [Tobacco] Institute’s objective of discouraging unfair... federal, state and local restrictions on cigarette advertising, by...” US Tob. Inst. 1/1991

  23. “Reinforcing the belief that peer pressure - not advertising - is the cause of youth smoking. US Tob. Inst. 1/1991

  24. “Reinforcing the belief that peer pressure - not advertising - is the cause of youth smoking. • “Seizing the political center and forcing the antismokers to an extreme…” US Tob. Inst. 1/1991

  25. “The strategy is fairly simple: “1. Heavily promote industry opposition to youth smoking.” US Tob. Inst. 1/1991

  26. “The strategy is fairly simple:“1. Heavily promote industry opposition to youth smoking.“2. Align industry with broader, more sophisticated view of the problem - that is, parental inability to offset peer pressure.” US Tob. Inst. 1/1991

  27. “The strategy is fairly simple: “1. Heavily promote industry opposition to youth smoking.“2. Align industry with broader, more sophisticated view of the problem - that is, parental inability to offset peer pressure.”“3. Work with and through credible child welfare professionals and educators to tackle the ‘problem’.” US Tob. Inst. 1/1991

  28. “The strategy is fairly simple: “1. Heavily promote industry opposition to youth smoking.“2. Align industry with broader, more sophisticated view of the problem - that is, parental inability to offset peer pressure.” “3. Work with and through credible child welfare professionals and educators to tackle the ‘problem’.” “4. Bait anti-tobacco forces to criticise industry efforts.” US Tob. Inst. 1/1991

  29. Industry youth programmes: Uzbekistan

  30. Industry youth programmes: Middle East

  31. Tobacco industry ‘We’ve changed’ strategy:‘global advertising code’ (self-regulation)

  32. Tobacco industry global advertising code - a Wall Street analyst’s view: “We have analyzed the 9-page agreement and believe that the multinationals' strategy is proactive and is a way to improve their image.” - Herzog B, Credit Suisse , investors’ briefing. Oct ‘01

  33. Tobacco industry ‘We’ve changed’ strategy:“Let us back into science”

  34. ‘Tobacco industry ‘We’ve changed’ strategy: “Let us back into science” - make health policy dependent on tobacco- split the scientific community- tie up research resources on non-tobacco topics- corporate ‘blackmail’ against legislation

  35. Tobacco industry’s ‘science’ programmes - a note from Pakistan: “We alldecidednot to accept the tobacco company [money] in the end & now trying to find alternate source of funding … “Some time I feel isolated in Pakistan when I give my strong feelings against the tobacco..” IATH Contact, Karachi, Nov ‘01

  36. Botswana

  37. Senegal, May 1998

  38. Philippines, 1995

  39. Pakistan, May 2000

  40. IATH’s Contacts / Countries

  41. 1991

  42. 2002

  43. International Agency on Tobacco and Health (IATH)Contacts’ e-mail & web access, Nov 2001

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