Progress in Controlling Illicit Tobacco Trade in Singapore

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianna Gayle Amul
Keyword(s):  
Illicit Tobacco Trade

The Construction of Illicit Tobacco Trade Index

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Gilbert Ulep ◽  
Monica Paula Lavares ◽  
Ariza Francisco
Keyword(s):  
Illicit Tobacco Trade ◽  
Trade Index

scholarly journals Turning a threat into an opportunity: British American Tobacco’s weakening of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products

2021 ◽  
pp. tobaccocontrol-2020-055837
Author(s):  
Benoît Gomis ◽  
Allen William Andrew Gallagher ◽  
Andy Rowell ◽  
Anna B Gilmore
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
Illicit Trade ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Tobacco Taxes ◽  
Philip Morris ◽  
National Implementation ◽  
Legal Costs ◽  
Illicit Tobacco Trade ◽  
Final Text

BackgroundPrevious research has outlined transnational tobacco company (TTC) efforts to undermine implementation of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (Protocol) and evidence of ongoing TTC complicity in the illicit tobacco trade (ITT). However, the industry’s views on the Protocol and role in its development are not well understood.MethodsSystematic searching and analysis of leaked documents—approximately 15 000 from British American Tobacco (BAT) and 35 from Philip Morris International, triangulated via searches of online resources and interviews with five stakeholders across academia, international organisations, governments, civil society and the private sector.FindingsEvidence indicates that after privately viewing the Protocol as a significant threat (2003), BAT worked to influence its content, while publicly signalling support for it (2007–2012), and was largely satisfied with the final text. BAT successfully pushed for a non-prescriptive text which enabled further country-level TTC influence during the Protocol’s implementation phase. The final text also reflected other BAT policy preferences, including preventing outright bans on duty-free sales and intermingling, and making it difficult to sanction and hold tobacco companies accountable for ongoing involvement in the ITT. TTC representatives were present during early Protocol negotiations, despite rules against this, and BAT obtained draft texts before they were public and paid at least one delegate to support its position.ConclusionsBAT’s primary interest in shaping the Protocol was to minimise its financial and legal costs for BAT while maximising potential costs to small competitors. These findings raise concern about the Protocol’s ability to control the ITT, particularly given TTCs’ intention to influence ongoing national implementation. An effective Protocol is vital to controlling both the ITT and ongoing tobacco industry involvement in it and, in turn, governments’ ability to increase tobacco taxes and thereby save lives.

Illicit tobacco trade in the firing line

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 415
Author(s):  
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Keyword(s):  
Illicit Tobacco Trade ◽  
Firing Line

scholarly journals Assessing the accuracy of tobacco Industry data on the illicit tobacco trade

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A GIlmore ◽  
A Rowell ◽  
S Gallus ◽  
A Lugo ◽  
L Joossens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Industry ◽  
Industry Data ◽  
Illicit Tobacco Trade

scholarly journals Corruption and Illicit Tobacco Trade

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-223
Author(s):  
Alexander Kupatadze
Keyword(s):  
Illicit Tobacco Trade

Content analysis of tobacco industry data on the illicit tobacco trade in UK newspapers during the standardised packaging debate

The Lancet ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 388 ◽  
pp. S6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen A Evans-Reeves ◽  
Jenny L Hatchard ◽  
Andrew Rowell ◽  
Anna B Gilmore
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Tobacco Industry ◽  
Industry Data ◽  
Illicit Tobacco Trade

scholarly journals Death and taxes: The framing of the causes and policy responses to the illicit tobacco trade in Canadian newspapers

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1325054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Smith ◽  
Sheryl Thompson ◽  
Kelley Lee ◽  
Claudia Alvares
Keyword(s):  
Policy Responses ◽  
Illicit Tobacco Trade
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