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Given multiple allegations of BAT engaging in bribery, calls from US members of Congress for a Department of Justice investigation, and bribery investigations underway in Kenya, the merger should ...":1,"#Statement: BAT purchases Reynolds, becoming largest tobacco transnational - Corporate Accountability":1,"#, the merger should raise serious questions for investors of both corporations. International regulators, as well as national-level lawmakers, should see today’s announcement as a clarion call to double-down on regulating the corporation, which has engaged in a slew of unlawful actions around the globe.”":1,"#investigations underway in Kenya":1,"#for a Department of Justice investigation, and bribery":1,"#US members of Congress":1,"#, calls from":1,"#bribery":1,"#“By purchasing Reynolds, British American Tobacco now surpasses Philip Morris International as the largest global tobacco transnational. Given multiple allegations of BAT engaging in":1,"#statement below:":1,"#Senior International Organizer, Challenge Big Tobacco campaign Cloe Franko’s":1,"#Please see":1,"#“By purchasing Reynolds, British American Tobacco now surpasses Philip Morris International as the largest global tobacco transnational. Given multiple allegations of BAT engaging in <a ljsid-1=\"\">bribery</a>, calls from <a ljsid-3=\"\">US members of Congress</a> for a Department of Justice investigation, and bribery <a ljsid-5=\"\">investigations underway in Kenya</a>, the merger should raise serious questions for investors of both corporations. International regulators, as well as national-level lawmakers, should see today’s announcement as a clarion call to double-down on regulating the corporation, which has engaged in a slew of unlawful actions around the globe.”":1,"#Please see <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Senior International Organizer, Challenge Big Tobacco campaign Cloe Franko’s</strong> statement below:":1,"#Statement: BAT purchases Reynolds, becoming largest tobacco transnational":1,"#January 17, 2017":1,"#El evento de lanzamiento contó con la colaboración de <a ljsid-1=\"\">Tácticas del tabaco</a>, <a ljsid-3=\"\">Estrategias vitales</a>, <a ljsid-5=\"\">Centro de Salud Global de Ginebra</a>, <a ljsid-7=\"\">Centro de conocimiento de la OMS sobre el artículo 5.3</a> y <a ljsid-9=\"\">Salud Justa Mx </a>e <a ljsid-11=\"\">ACT Promoção da Saúde.</a>":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Proteger las políticas de control aduanero: </strong>Fortalecer el Protocolo para la Eliminación del Comercio Ilícito de Productos de Tabaco, asegurando que las estrategias de seguridad y recaudación fiscal se mantengan 100% libres de financiamiento o influencia corporativa.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Ampliar el blindaje institucional: </strong>Involucrar obligatoriamente a los ministerios de relaciones exteriores, finanzas, seguridad y comercio en la aplicación estricta del Artículo 5.3 del CMCT, evitando que actúen de manera aislada a las autoridades de salud.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Garantizar la transparencia absoluta: </strong>Instituir registros públicos obligatorios de cualquier interacción entre funcionarios de gobierno y la industria.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Florencia Leiva de la Coalición América Saludable (CLAS)</strong>, puntualizó que «este reporte, construido con la participación de distintos actores de la región, reafirma la importancia del rol de la sociedad civil organizada. Monitorear y alertar sobre la interferencia de las industrias en las políticas públicas es un pilar para defender la salud de nuestras poblaciones. Hoy aprendimos desde la experiencia del control del tabaco, y ese aprendizaje no se detiene aquí. Debemos continuar fortaleciendo y blindando las políticas de salud pública, y replicar este monitoreo a todas las industrias que anteponen sus intereses comerciales a la salud de nuestras comunidades.»":1,"#Durante su intervención, <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Erick Antonio Ochoa de Salud Justa Mx </strong>declaró que, el caso de México aunque no está documentado en el reporte, constituye una demostración de las tácticas sistemáticas de interferencia. México a pesar de los notables avances de desde 2018 en espacios libres de humo, prohibición de publicidad y el veto constitucional a los vapeadores, la industria tabacalera sigue influyendo en las políticas públicas regionales mediante nuevas modalidades. Resaltó que marcas como Philip Morris y British American Tobacco obtienen una parte creciente de sus ingresos globales de productos calentados y electrónicos, y aunque las políticas mexicanas lograron reducir las ventas de estos productos en casi un 5%, la industria busca compensar estas pérdidas expandiéndose con regulaciones más laxas en países como Argentina. Finalmente, advirtió con urgencia sobre la sorpresiva apertura en México para comercializar bolsas de nicotina sin un diálogo adecuado con el sector salud, alertando que estos productos carecen de marcos regulatorios estrictos sobre límites de nicotina y restricciones homologadas a las del tabaco tradicional en la mayoría de los países de la región.":1,"#«Lo que vemos en Brasil no es un caso aislado, sino parte de una estrategia global de la industria tabacalera para acceder a espacios de toma de decisiones políticas, incluso fuera del sector salud,» declaró <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Mariana Pinho de ACT Promoção da Saúde.</strong> «La industria ha ampliado su actuación en ámbitos legislativos, diplomáticos e internacionales, utilizando argumentos económicos, comerciales y de ‘reducción de daños’ para influir en las políticas públicas. Esto refuerza la importancia de fortalecer los mecanismos de transparencia, garantizar el monitoreo continuo y ampliar el acceso a la información para exponer estas estrategias e implementar el Artículo 5.3 del Convenio Marco para el Control del Tabaco en todos los ministerios brasileños, protegiendo así la salud pública.»":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Jaime Arcila de Responsabilidad Corporativa </strong>subrayó el rol fundamental que juegan las organizaciones de la sociedad civil en la implementación del CMCT, señalando que su labor es clave para visibilizar y denunciar cómo las grandes corporaciones interfieren en las instituciones públicas. Explicó que, a pesar de la soberanía de los Estados para dictar sus propias políticas basadas en sus constituciones y ciudadanos , la industria tabacalera —concentrada en cinco grandes corporaciones globales— busca modelar los escenarios tradicionales y nuevos para anteponer sus intereses comerciales al bienestar general. Tomando como referencia análisis realizados en países como Argentina, República Dominicana, Colombia y Panamá, advirtió que el cigarrillo convencional sigue siendo el motor financiero y la principal fuente de ganancias que les permite financiar campañas globales; al mismo tiempo, alertó sobre la creciente aceptación entre los jóvenes de los nuevos dispositivos electrónicos, como el producto bandera de Philip Morris.":1,"#Durante su intervención, <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Tom Gatehouse, Tobacco Tactics, Grupo de Investigación en Control del Tabaco, Departamento de Salud, Universidad de Bath, Reino Unido </strong>destacó que, a pesar de los discursos de las empresas tabacaleras los cigarros convencionales continúan dominando de forma absoluta el mercado en América Latina. Asimismo, advirtió que las compañías buscan controlar tanto el mercado tradicional como el de los nuevos productos electrónicos. Por ello, concluyó que el tabaquismo está lejos de terminar y enfatizó la urgencia de seguir monitoreando, investigando y desenmascarando las tácticas de interferencia de la industria en las políticas de salud pública.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Mayo 20 de 2026 </strong><b ljsid-1=\"\">–</b> Las corporaciones tabacaleras transnacionales continúan ejerciendo una influencia desproporcionada sobre las políticas públicas en América Latina y el Caribe. El informe <i ljsid-3=\"\">«</i><a ljsid-4=\"\"><i ljsid-4-0=\"\">La influencia política de la industria tabacalera: la erosión del Artículo 5.3 en América Latina y el Caribe</i></a>», publicado por la organización internacional <i ljsid-6=\"\">Responsabilidad Corporativa</i>, revela un patrón alarmante de interferencia que va mucho más allá de los ministerios de salud y compromete la soberanía regulatoria de los Estados.":1,"#The WHO CMTC Knowledge Hub for Article 5.3":1,"#The launch event was organized in collaboration with <a ljsid-1=\"\">Tobacco Tactics</a>, <a ljsid-3=\"\">Vital Strategies</a>, <a ljsid-5=\"\">Geneva Global Health Hub</a>, <a ljsid-7=\"\">The WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Article 5.3</a> y <a ljsid-9=\"\">Salud Justa Mx</a> mi <a ljsid-11=\"\">ACT Promoção da Saúde.</a>":1,"#“The industry has expanded its presence in legislative, diplomatic, and international arenas, using economic, commercial, and so-called ‘harm reduction’ arguments to influence public policies. This underscores the importance of strengthening transparency mechanisms, ensuring continuous monitoring, and expanding access to information to expose these strategies and fully implement Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control across all Brazilian government ministries, thereby protecting public health.”":1,"#Mariana Pinho of ACT Promoção da Saúde.":1,"#“What we are seeing in Brazil is not an isolated case, but part of a global strategy by the tobacco industry to gain access to political decision-making spaces, including beyond the health sector,” said":1,"#The launch event was organized in collaboration with <a ljsid-1=\"\">Tobacco Tactics</a>, <a ljsid-3=\"\">Vital Strategies</a>, <a ljsid-5=\"\">Geneva Global Health Hub</a>, <a ljsid-7=\"\">The WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Article 5.3</a> and <a ljsid-9=\"\">Salud Justa Mx</a> e <a ljsid-11=\"\">ACT Promoção da Saúde.</a>":1,"#“What we are seeing in Brazil is not an isolated case, but part of a global strategy by the tobacco industry to gain access to political decision-making spaces, including beyond the health sector,” said <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Mariana Pinho of ACT Promoção da Saúde.</strong> “The industry has expanded its presence in legislative, diplomatic, and international arenas, using economic, commercial, and so-called ‘harm reduction’ arguments to influence public policies. This underscores the importance of strengthening transparency mechanisms, ensuring continuous monitoring, and expanding access to information to expose these strategies and fully implement Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control across all Brazilian government ministries, thereby protecting public health.”":1,"#Drawing on analyses conducted in countries including Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Colombia, and Panama, he warned that conventional cigarettes remain the primary financial engine sustaining industry profits and enabling broader global corporate strategies. At the same time, he raised concerns regarding growing youth uptake of emerging electronic products, including flagship products promoted by Philip Morris International.":1,"#Skipping ads...":1,"#e":1,"#Mariana Pinho de ACT Promoção da Saúde.":1,"#Jaime Arcila, de Corporate Accountability,":1,"#Tom Gatehouse, del Tobacco Control Research Group,":1,"#nuevo informe de Corporate Accountability":1,"#The tobacco industry is making inroads through government trade and economic agencies, skirting the more wary health ministries.":1,"#Release: New Report Details the Tobacco Industry's Political Influence in Latin America & the Caribbean - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Contact <a ljsid-1=\"\">media@stopcorporateabuse.org</a> for more information.":1,"#for more information.":1,"#Contact":1,"#and select the subtitles option for your preferred language.":1,"#View the launch here":1,"#The WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Article 5.3":1,"#The launch event was organized in collaboration with":1,"#by strengthening the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, ensuring that security and tax collection strategies remain 100% free from corporate funding or influence.":1,"#Protect customs and anti-illicit-trade policies":1,"#by ensuring that ministries of foreign affairs, finance, security, and trade are systematically included in implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO FCTC, rather than leaving responsibility solely to health authorities.":1,"#Expand institutional safeguards":1,"#by establishing mandatory public registries documenting all interactions between government officials and the tobacco industry.":1,"#Guarantee full transparency":1,"#emphasized:":1,"#Florencia Leiva from Coalition for America’s Health (CLAS)":1,"#stated that while Mexico was not included in the report, the country nevertheless offers a clear illustration of systematic patterns of industry interference. Despite significant policy advances since 2018—including smoke-free environments, advertising restrictions, and a constitutional prohibition on vaping products—the tobacco industry continues influencing public policy through evolving mechanisms.":1,"#Erick Antonio Ochoa from Salud Justa Mx":1,"#During his presentation,":1,"#underscored the essential role played by civil society organizations in implementation of the WHO FCTC, emphasizing their importance in documenting and exposing how major corporations interfere in public institutions. He explained that while States retain sovereign authority to establish policies based on constitutional frameworks and public interest priorities, the tobacco industry—highly concentrated among five major global corporations—continues attempting to shape both traditional and emerging policy environments to prioritize commercial interests over collective wellbeing.":1,"#Jaime Arcila from Corporate Accountability":1,"#highlighted that, despite industry narratives of transformation, conventional cigarettes continue to overwhelmingly dominate the market in Latin America. He further warned that tobacco companies are attempting to secure control over both traditional cigarette markets and emerging electronic nicotine products. He concluded that the tobacco epidemic is far from over and emphasized the urgent need to continue monitoring, investigating, and exposing industry interference in public health policymaking.":1,"#Tom Gatehouse from Tobacco Control Research Group":1,"#During a report launch event,":1,"#new report by Corporate Accountability":1,"#— Transnational tobacco corporations continue to exert disproportionate influence over public policy across Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a":1,"#May 20, 2026":1,"#Contact <a ljsid-1=\"\"><span ljsid-1-0=\"\">[email protected]</span></a> for more information.":1,"#Report: The Tobacco Industry’s Political Influence: The Erosion of Article 5.3 in Latin America and the Caribbean":1,"#<a ljsid-0=\"\">View the launch here</a> and select the subtitles option for your preferred language.":1,"#<b ljsid-0=\"\">Protect customs and anti-illicit-trade policies</b> by strengthening the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, ensuring that security and tax collection strategies remain 100% free from corporate funding or influence.":1,"#<b ljsid-0=\"\">Expand institutional safeguards </b>by ensuring that ministries of foreign affairs, finance, security, and trade are systematically included in implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO FCTC, rather than leaving responsibility solely to health authorities.":1,"#<b ljsid-0=\"\">Guarantee full transparency</b> by establishing mandatory public registries documenting all interactions between government officials and the tobacco industry.":1,"#To curb corporate interference that undermines the regulatory authority of global health governance, Corporate Accountability urges Latin American governments to:":1,"#“This report, developed with contributions from actors across the region, reaffirms the critical role of organized civil society. Monitoring and exposing industry interference in public policy is a cornerstone of protecting public health. Today we learned from the experience of tobacco control, but the lessons do not end there. We must continue strengthening and safeguarding public health policies and expand this monitoring to all industries that place commercial interests above the health of our communities.”":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Florencia Leiva from Coalition for America’s Health (CLAS)</strong> emphasized:":1,"#He also expressed urgent concern regarding Mexico’s unexpected opening for commercialization of nicotine pouches without adequate consultation with the public health sector, noting that in most countries across the region these products remain largely outside robust regulatory frameworks governing nicotine limits and restrictions comparable to those applied to conventional tobacco products.":1,"#He highlighted that companies such as Philip Morris and British American Tobacco are increasingly relying on heated and electronic products for global revenue growth. While Mexican policies reduced sales of these products by nearly five percent, the industry appears to compensate by expanding into jurisdictions with weaker regulatory environments, including countries such as Argentina.":1,"#During his presentation, <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Erick Antonio Ochoa from Salud Justa Mx</strong> stated that while Mexico was not included in the report, the country nevertheless offers a clear illustration of systematic patterns of industry interference. Despite significant policy advances since 2018—including smoke-free environments, advertising restrictions, and a constitutional prohibition on vaping products—the tobacco industry continues influencing public policy through evolving mechanisms.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Jaime Arcila from Corporate Accountability</strong> underscored the essential role played by civil society organizations in implementation of the WHO FCTC, emphasizing their importance in documenting and exposing how major corporations interfere in public institutions. He explained that while States retain sovereign authority to establish policies based on constitutional frameworks and public interest priorities, the tobacco industry—highly concentrated among five major global corporations—continues attempting to shape both traditional and emerging policy environments to prioritize commercial interests over collective wellbeing.":1,"#Among the report’s principal findings, the tobacco industry’s most prominent strategies include: co-opting security and law-enforcement agendas; economic pressure and lobbying for novel nicotine products; reputation laundering through “innovation” and corporate social responsibility initiatives; pro-tobacco diplomacy; and conflicts of interest within subnational governments.":1,"#During a report launch event, <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Tom Gatehouse from Tobacco Control Research Group</strong> highlighted that, despite industry narratives of transformation, conventional cigarettes continue to overwhelmingly dominate the market in Latin America. He further warned that tobacco companies are attempting to secure control over both traditional cigarette markets and emerging electronic nicotine products. He concluded that the tobacco epidemic is far from over and emphasized the urgent need to continue monitoring, investigating, and exposing industry interference in public health policymaking.":1,"#The analysis, covering the period 2019–2025 across eight countries in the region (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama), evaluates implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), which legally obliges governments to protect public health policies from the commercial and vested interests of the tobacco industry. Findings point to a systematic erosion of this legal obligation.":1,"#Through agreements with executive branches, diplomatic missions, and customs and law enforcement agencies, the industry seeks to legitimize itself as a “governance partner” while expanding markets for new nicotine products.":1,"#The research reveals an alarming pattern of corporate interference extending far beyond ministries of health and into agencies related to security, innovation, and anti-smuggling efforts.":1,"#<i ljsid-0=\"\">May 20, 2026</i> — Transnational tobacco corporations continue to exert disproportionate influence over public policy across Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a <a ljsid-2=\"\">new report by Corporate Accountability</a>.":1,"#Release: New Report Details the Tobacco Industry’s Political Influence in Latin America & the Caribbean":1,"#This report analyzes the political influence of transnational tobacco corporations in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a focus on the strategies deployed by the tobacco industry to access and shape public institutions. Covering eight countries — Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama — the report draws on credible ...":1,"#The Tobacco Industry's Political Influence: The Erosion of Article 5.3 FCTC in Latin America and the Caribbean - Corporate Accountability":1,"#This report analyzes the political influence of transnational tobacco corporations in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a focus on the strategies deployed by the tobacco industry to access and shape public institutions. Covering eight countries — Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama — the report draws on credible public sources, including official communications, media coverage, civil society reports, and institutional social media content produced between 2019 and 2025.":1,"#The Tobacco Industry’s Political Influence: The Erosion of Article 5.3 FCTC in Latin America and the Caribbean":1,"#Just three years after we set out to \"Send Joe Camel Packing,\" RJR Nabisco pulled its ads featuring the iconic cartoon camel.":1,"#RJR retires Joe Camel - Corporate Accountability":1,"#But this tactic didn’t slow us down. In the end, the campaign succeeded in shifting the public climate. President Clinton, the American Medical Association, the Surgeon General and the Federal Trade Commission all voiced their opposition to the tobacco giant’s use of Joe Camel.":1,"#In 1994, Corporate Accountability International organized the “Send Joe Camel Packing” campaign, exposing and challenging RJR’s use of a cartoon character aimed at attracting young customers. At the time, Joe Camel was even more recognized than Mickey Mouse!":1,"#RJR retires Joe Camel":1,"#July 11, 1997":1,"#For decades, Big Tobacco has inserted itself into kid-friendly spaces, from creating cartoon characters to incorporating flavors into its products. By hooking kids when their brains are still developing, corporations can secure life-long customers: studies show that nearly <a ljsid-1=\"\">9 in 10 adults who use tobacco first tried smoking before turning 18</a>.<br ljsid-3=\"\"> Take Joe Camel, a cartoon cigarette mascot of the late 80s, which the Journal of American Medicine asserted was “far more successful at marketing Camel cigarettes to children than to adults.” In 1991 this character was <a ljsid-5=\"\">just as recognizable to 6-year-olds as Mickey Mouse</a>.":1,"#From Joe Camel to Blue Razz: The industry’s history targeting kids":1,"#Vaping companies implant e-cigarettes into all sorts of objects that are sold at gas stations, smoke shops, and online marketplaces alongside snacks, drinks, and household items. Through these toys, it’s possible for the industry to create playful and comforting associations with its products among young people. This approach builds off decades-old tactics that the major tobacco corporations (or “Big Tobacco”) have used to get kids’ attention. And it works: <a ljsid-1=\"\">an estimated 1.63 million middle school and high school students vaped</a> in 2024 in the U.S.":1,"#For most people, it’s almost impossible to catch the pink straw sprouting out of the teddy bear’s head, the black USB-like knob protruding from the walkie-talkie, or the tiny opening at the top of the game boy. These features heat the e-liquid through a battery and produce an aerosol the person can inhale through the vessels carefully integrated into each toy.":1,"#Using toys to attract a new generation of smokers":1,"#The sweet lies and hidden harms of tobacco and vaping corporations - Corporate Accountability":1,"#As you look closer, you realize that these are not just toys. They’re all e-cigarettes.":1,"#Images sources from the FDA.":1,"#Do you choose the stuffed animal? The mini-Starbucks cup? The Sponge Bob SquarePants?":1,"#We need as many people as possible join this movement. You can help us unmask the appeal by demanding that governments take steps to Make Big Tobacco pay. We’ll present your voice alongside thousands of others to government leaders at the global tobacco treaty talks in November.":1,"#These measures are crucial for holding the industry accountable for its abuse and stopping future harm. But we’re not stopping there: If you haven’t yet, sign on to Corporate Accountability’s call to <a ljsid-1=\"\">Make Big Tobacco Pay</a>.":1,"#Despite the harm that the tobacco and nicotine industries inflict through its deadly products, there is hope. Tobacco control advocates, government leaders, youth, and people like you all over the world have taken important steps to dissolve the industry’s power. Thanks to <a ljsid-1=\"\">powerful organizing</a>, the tobacco control movement has won protections against tobacco advertising, ensured nicotine products are taxed appropriately, and stopped the sale of e-cigarettes in countries around the world.":1,"#On May 31, 2025, we’re joining the World Health Organization, and our allies from across the globe, to mark <a ljsid-1=\"\">World No Tobacco Day</a>. This annual day of learning and advocacy brings people together around the world to take action to stop Big Tobacco and the wider nicotine industry from harming our health, our communities, and our planet. And this year’s theme, “Unmasking the Appeal,” calls us to expose the manipulative product design and fruity flavors that serve as the entry point for long-term nicotine addictions. While we challenge vaping, let us also not forget that most of the tobacco industry’s business continues to be cigarettes.":1,"#Unmasking the appeal: Challenging and exposing deceit and abuse":1,"#And it’s not just cartoons. The industry is also adopting another of Big Tobacco’s tried-and-true tactics: flavoring. By incorporating flavors like bubble gum, watermelon, and blue raspberry, the tobacco and nicotine industry mask the harsh taste of nicotine and makes the experience akin to enjoying a lollypop. More than <a ljsid-1=\"\">90 percent of youth that use e-cigarettes</a> report that they use flavored products. And this is happening all over the world.":1,"#Even after the corporation retired Joe Camel amid widespread pressure, <a ljsid-1=\"\">including from the Corporate Accountability community</a>, and even after the Master Settlement Agreement in the U.S. banned the use of cartoons in tobacco advertisements, the industry still finds ways to market cigarettes to youth.":1,"#Imagine this: You’re 13 and walking through a gas station mini-mart, ready to pick out a toy that your parents offered to reward you for this three-hour drive to your grandmother’s house. You see a few different options on the shelf by the register.":1,"#As federal investment in our water systems has declined precipitously, corporations like Veolia and Suez have marketed water privatization, including in the form of \"public-private partnerships,\" as a solution to cities' water woes. But case after case shows that privatizing public water is risky business for mayors, city governments, and residents.":1,"#Case after case shows that privatizing public water is risky business for mayors, city governments, and residents. Here's why.":1,"#As federal investment in our water systems has declined precipitously, corporations like Veolia and Suez have marketed water privatization, including in the form of “public-private partnerships,” as a solution to cities’ water woes. But case after case shows that privatizing public water is risky business for mayors, city governments, and residents.":1,"#Global water corporations like Nestlé and Veolia are intensifying their efforts to put the public’s water in private hands, deepening a world water crisis where one in four people don’t have enough clean water to drink. Corporate Accountability launched a campaign to ensure a world that upholds the human right to water and where human need is put before corporate greed. Since 2006, our water campaign has moved millions of people, dozens of cities, and hundreds of national parks to move beyond bottled water and reinvest in the tap. We have helped compel the <a ljsid-1=\"\">World Bank to divest from one of the world’s largest water corporations</a>, and we have protected public water systems by helping prevent their privatization from <a ljsid-3=\"\">Lagos, Nigeria</a> a <a ljsid-5=\"\">St. Louis, Missouri</a>. And at the U.N., we are advancing a treaty that could protect the human right to water from corporate abuse. <a ljsid-7=\"\">More on the water campaign</a>.":1,"#The tobacco industry uses the same marketing strategies throughout the region with the aim of selling their products, especially cigarettes, which kills more than half of its consumers. To learn more about this, you can consult the analysis contained in the <a ljsid-1=\"\">Regional Tobacco Industry Interference Index</a> (2023), a document created by <a ljsid-3=\"\">Corporate Accountability</a> and the <a ljsid-5=\"\">Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control</a> (GGTC), which collects information provided by civil society organizations free of conflict of interests from 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean on interference by the tobacco industry.":1,"#With your support, we partnered with allies to expose Chevron for it’s junk-climate action plan, call out Wells Fargo on its legacy of racist actions during its shareholders’ meeting, and generated support from EU and U.S. legislators to kick Big Polluters out of climate policy. Read the full stories, along with reflections from our members, in the Spotlight newsletter.":1,"#We called out abusive corporations for PR schemes and rallied elected officials to kick Big Polluters out. Read more in our newsletter!":1,"#Pictured: Latin America Climate Campaign Organizer Martin Vilela speaking at the first regional Make Big Polluters Pay meeting that happened in Lima, Peru, in May.":1,"#Photo credit: The Latin America Climate JUSTICE! Campaign.":1,"#Spotlight Newsletter: Issue 3, 2023 - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Ultimately, RJR was forced to retire the cartoon camel. Read more about our campaign to Challenge Big Tobacco.":1,"#RJR Nabisco responded by sending a letter to all retail outlets, warning them of the campaign. It even provided a toll-free number for retailers to call in reports of our campaign activities.":1,"#English here":1,"#Geneva Global Health Hub":1,"#Vital Strategies":1,"#May 21, 2026":1,"#As the boycott developed, our strategies and tactics were shaped by organizers from the United Farm Workers who were collectively and successfully building power among farmworkers and their allies.":1,"#Image with six different toys including a game boy, teddy bear, and sponge bob square pants. Each item is an eCigarette, but it's very hard to tell.":1,"#Coke spends <a ljsid-1=\"\">billions of dollars</a> each year marketing its sugar-laden products, much of which is directed to children. It has also funded efforts to <a ljsid-3=\"\">undermine</a> nutrition policy making, and even <a ljsid-5=\"\">attempted</a> to manipulate and curry favor with officials and agencies from <a ljsid-7=\"\">Ecuador to Bosnia</a>.":1,"#medidas decisivas sobre el cambio climático":1,"#“Governments can and must halt tobacco industry interference. The global tobacco treaty is not just a document countries can sign and put in a drawer. It’s a roadmap for saving lives, which starts with stopping the tobacco industry from manipulating people and policies. Countries have the map, they just need to follow it,” said <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Laura Salgado, head of campaigns and partnerships at GGTC.</strong>":1,"#This report (the third in a series), shows a worsening trend of the regional situation, denoting an increase in the influence of these powerful corporations in the governments, which hinders the efforts that have been aimed at reducing tobacco consumption and holding the tobacco industry legally responsible for the damages caused. All the countries analyzed show some degree of interference, and the analysis highlights Big Tobacco’s lobbying actions, financing of scientific studies, contributions to political campaigns, recruitment of senior government officials, and promotion of “corporate or business social responsibility” initiatives such as cigarette butt cleaning campaigns.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Daniel Dorado, tobacco campaign director at Corporate Accountability</strong>, said, “This compelling statement from such a large number of Latin American and Caribbean communities underscores the importance of people standing together to resist the sinister marketing, political, and public health strategies Big Tobacco seeks to employ to increase profits while knowingly risking the health and lives of many, and especially of future generations. We will not be silent or allow tobacco corporations to interfere in our right to public health policy making free of corporate interference for the health of our countries, nor will we allow them to addict future generations to products that kill.”":1,"#In the video, representatives of organizations from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela show how the industry has interfered to stop public policies to control or regulate tobacco marketing in these countries and their strategies to attract children and adolescents to smoking or using tobacco.":1,"#<b ljsid-0=\"\">Latin America and the Caribbean (July 23</b><b ljsid-1=\"\">, 2024) – </b>Today, representatives of organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean <a ljsid-3=\"\">released a video</a> in which they denounce the interference of the tobacco industry in their countries and ask their governments to protect children and youth from this industry.":1,"#The tobacco industry uses the same marketing strategies throughout the region with the aim of selling a product like cigarettes that kills more than half of its consumers. This analysis can be consulted in the <a ljsid-1=\"\">Regional Tobacco Industry Interference Index</a>.":1,"#How Big Tobacco targets Latin America & the Caribbean":1,"#Representatives of organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean released a video in which they denounce the interference of the tobacco industry.":1,"#Press Release: Latin American & Caribbean organizations denounce tobacco industry interference in their countries - Corporate Accountability":1,"#For more information or to speak to a regional Interference Index spokesperson, contact <a ljsid-1=\"\">media@corporateaccountability.org</a>":1,"#My name is Jonathan Rubenstein. I’m a father, a mental health professional, and the rabbi of a community that is very concerned about the environmental harm and human suffering caused by the fast food industry. I have a question on behalf of a student at a local elementary school. He writes: My name is Isaac, ...":1,"#Statement: Rabbi Jonathan Rubenstein on McDonald's 2016 shareholders' meeting - Corporate Accountability":1,"#When will you stop marketing an unhealthy lifestyle to children like me?":1,"#After participating in this action my family and I made the decision not to eat at McDonald’s anymore. We want to put food into our body that does not cause obesity or other illnesses. Since the protest I have noticed that McDonald’s is making some changes. While this is a start, it does not address the fact that McDonald’s wants to use kids to make money off of food that is not sustainably produced or healthy for our bodies.":1,"#My name is Isaac, I am a fifth grade student at the Academy for Global Citizenship. Last year my class and I participated in a protest against McDonald’s use of Ronald McDonald and their child-targeted advertising.":1,"#My name is Jonathan Rubenstein. I’m a father, a mental health professional, and the rabbi of a community that is very concerned about the environmental harm and human suffering caused by the fast food industry. I have a question on behalf of a student at a local elementary school. He writes:":1,"#Statement: Rabbi Jonathan Rubenstein on McDonald’s 2016 shareholders’ meeting":1,"#May 26, 2016":1,"#Coke’s sugary beverages fuel a diet-related disease epidemic. In the world’s l<a ljsid-1=\"\">argest soft drink market</a>, people across Latin America have <a ljsid-3=\"\">experienced</a> some of the worst impacts of this epidemic — and of the soda <a ljsid-5=\"\">industry’s lobbying</a>.":1,"#“What were executives afraid of hearing today?” <strong ljsid-1=\"\">said Esperanza Cerón-Villaquiran, executive director of Educar Consumidores</strong>. “They cannot hide behind a podium forever: Coke must stop interfering with policies our countries try to adopt to prevent the obesity epidemic — an epidemic that Coke’s products fuel. Otherwise Coca-cola will not be remembered as the spark of life, but as the spark of death.”":1,"#At the meeting, Dr. Esperanza Cerón-Villaquiran, the head of Colombia-based consumer advocacy group <a ljsid-1=\"\">Educar Consumidores</a>, who has <a ljsid-3=\"\">experienced</a> the soda industry’s personal and political intimidation first-hand, was denied three times an opportunity to speak at the meeting in support of the <a ljsid-5=\"\">resolution</a>, which demands reporting — with independent review — of how Coke’s sugar products and their marketing to children are damaging public health.":1,"#A recent study found that <a ljsid-1=\"\">one in four Americans</a>, with occurrences much higher among Latinos, is suffering from fatty liver disease: a condition closely linked to overconsumption of sugar and other sugar-rich junk food and beverages, like many of Coke’s products. And recent revelations about Coke’s decades-long influence over <a ljsid-3=\"\">Chinese obesity policy</a> and attempts to influence the World Health Organization (WHO) have cast a lingering shadow over the brand.":1,"#The meeting comes amidst a mounting list of <a ljsid-1=\"\">PR liabilities</a> for one of the world’s <a ljsid-3=\"\">top marketers</a> of sugar-laden beverages. A shareholder resolution filed by Harrington Investments and supported by a host of U.S. and Latin-American health and labor organizations, challenged the corporation on this public health impacts of sugar and its sugar products marketed to children and youth.":1,"#ATLANTA, GA—Today, at the corporation’s annual meeting, Coca-Cola executives were on the defensive about the soda giant’s global human rights abuses, labor abuses and the role of sugar in public health, going so far as to deny public health experts from Latin America from raising concerns on Coke’s political interference from the floor.":1,"#Shareholders demand action after new revelations about Coke’s political interference from China to the CDC":1,"#RELEASE: Public health advocates to Coke: Stop sugar-coating interference in health policy":1,"#RELEASE: Public health advocates to Coke: Stop sugar-coating interference in health policy":1,"#Today, at the corporation’s annual meeting, Coca-Cola executives were on the defensive about a range of the soda giant’s global abuses.":1,"#RELEASE: Public health advocates to Coke: Stop sugar-coating interference in health policy - Corporate Accountability":1,"#“It’s high time the soda giant recognize its caffeinated political interference not only has dire consequences for public health, but the long-term viability of its brand,” said <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Alexa Kaczmarski from Corporate Accountability</strong>. “Communities and countries don’t need a transnational soda corporation policing public health. Coke needs to put a lid on its politicking and can its kid-targeted marketing.”":1,"#In the U.S., Coke has been on <a ljsid-1=\"\">a spending spree </a>to help elect industry-friendly politicians and to<a ljsid-3=\"\"> challenge a rising tide of public health laws</a> aimed at stemming the health impacts of sugar-sweetened beverages. This is not to mention recent revelations of Coke’s outreach to the Atlanta-based <a ljsid-5=\"\">Centers for Disease Control in attempts to influence the WHO</a>.":1,"#“This deceptive practice prompts Latin Americans to drink more sugar and to underestimate the grave health impacts of that consumption,” <strong ljsid-1=\"\">said Jaime Delgado</strong>. “Coca-Cola should tell the truth to Latin Americans.”":1,"#In addition to its lobbying and kid-targeted marketing, Coke has also come under fire for misleading sugar labeling across Latin America. Jaime Delgado, author of the Law for the Promotion of Healthy Eating and coordinator of the Platform for Healthy Eating, maintains that Coca-Cola products across Latin America claim a lower “percentage of daily value” than U.S. products despite having nearly double the amount of sugar.":1,"#“The Coca-Cola Company needs to cease its interference with real science and with countries’ own sovereign rights around the world to make their own health policies, free of conflict of interest,” <strong ljsid-1=\"\">said Rebecca Berner of El Poder del Consumidor</strong>. “Consumers are increasingly aware of the true cost of Coke’s sugary products and their association to the growing obesity and diet-related disease epidemics. It’s time the corporation discloses the real risk of its profit-driven business model to shareholders and the global public.”":1,"#Portuguese":1,"#primer tratado de responsabilidad empresarial y salud pública del mundo":1,"#Más sobre la campaña de fórmula infantil.":1,"#campaña de alimentos":1,"#Banco Mundial a deshacerse de una de las corporaciones de agua más grandes del mundo":1,"#Más sobre nuestra campaña de tabaco":1,"#Martin Vilela, climate campaign organizers, speaks into a microphone to a crowd of organizers. Martin has dark hair, light brown skin, and glasses. He wears a pin-striped shirt and headphones rest on his neck. Behind him, a black and red banner reads: Que Paguen! - the campaign's slogan.":1,"#Spotlight Newsletter: Issue 3, 2023":1,"#April 24, 2019":1,"#<b ljsid-0=\"\">Boston, Massachusetts </b>– Today, <a ljsid-2=\"\">new research</a> by <a ljsid-4=\"\">Corporate Accountability</a> provides a deep dive into which globally-recognized brands have purchased the most “likely junk” carbon offset credits. An offset is an “allowance” that governments, institutions, and corporations—from fossil fuel majors and airlines to fast-food giants—purchase from environmental projects to supposedly count towards their respective greenhouse gas emissions reductions. The analysis underscores the inherently problematic nature of increasing corporate and governmental investment in a fundamentally-flawed scheme that has failed to reduce carbon emissions while distracting from effective climate action and even likely causing harm.":1,"#In the end, the campaign resulted in the first ever United Nations Code of Marketing, setting standards for the whole industry.":1,"#Olympics":1,"#. Today, we are partnering with allies around the world to make Big Tobacco pay for its harms and set precedents for reining in other deadly industries.":1,"#And we established ourselves as a small-and-mighty campaign organization that was unafraid to challenge abusive corporations. We developed guiding strategies, a toolbox full of tactics, and a respectful approach to partnering with allies in the Global South that would enable us take on some of the most powerful entities in the world.":1,"#. More on our":1,"#More on the water campaign":1,"#More on the infant formula campaign.":1,"#keep McDonald’s out of schools":1,"#More on the nuclear weaponmakers campaign.":1,"#, and we have protected public water systems by helping prevent their privatization from":1,"#Oscar-winning documentary":1,"#. And at the U.N., we are advancing a treaty that could protect the human right to water from corporate abuse.":1,"#In 1994, CEOs of seven U.S. tobacco corporations stood before Congress and lied to the U.S. public, saying they didn’t know nicotine was addictive. Meanwhile, millions of people were dying from tobacco-related diseases. Our bold campaign has helped change the aggressive marketing practices and reduced the influence of the world’s deadliest industry. It has contributed greatly to the passage and implementation of the":1,"#After the Nestlé boycott, we turned our attention to a set of corporations that were threatening the entire planet: the nuclear weapons industry. We successfully compelled industry leader General Electric to completely move out of the business of producing and promoting nuclear weapons. The campaign employed a range of tactics including producing an":1,"#Global water corporations like Nestlé and Veolia are intensifying their efforts to put the public’s water in private hands, deepening a world water crisis where one in four people don’t have enough clean water to drink. Corporate Accountability launched a campaign to ensure a world that upholds the human right to water and where human need is put before corporate greed. Since 2006, our water campaign has moved millions of people, dozens of cities, and hundreds of national parks to move beyond bottled water and reinvest in the tap. We have helped compel the":1,"#hospitals":1,"#world’s first public health and corporate accountability treaty":1,"#food campaign":1,"#to sever ties with McDonald’s, and partnered with parents and educators to":1,"#In the first decade of the 21st century, we faced a broken food system that was ravaging the environment, causing one in seven people to go hungry, and causing nearly twice that many to suffer from diet-related diseases. We decided it was time to demand change from the handful of global corporations that have fundamentally reshaped the way we grow, eat, and think about our food. And we focused on the rotten core of this broken system: McDonald’s, the largest and most profitable fast food corporation. Since the launch of the campaign, we’ve fundamentally shifted the landscape in which McDonald’s does business. We’ve compelled McDonald’s to conduct an expensive and unsuccessful overhaul of its image, moved institutions from":1,"#More on our tobacco campaign":1,"#Learn more about our approach.":1,"#World Bank to divest from one of the world’s largest water corporations":1,"#to the":1,"#Protection Status: On":1,"#A new video exposes Big Tobacco's predatory marketing tactics across the region.":1,"#Press Release: Latin American & Caribbean organizations denounce tobacco industry interference in their countries":1,"#“Research demonstrates over and over that carbon markets are fraudulent, prolong the fossil fuel industries, accelerate climate chaos and violate the rights of Indigenous Peoples,” said Tamra Gilbertson of the Indigenous Environmental Network. “UN negotiators at this week’s climate talks in Bonn aim to legitimize these dangerous markets into a global agreement that would mark doom for the planet. Keeping fossil fuels in the ground stops climate change, not incentivizing pollution.”":1,"#<b ljsid-0=\"\">Using an updated database of the largest “likely junk” credits, this investigation reveals the vast use of likely meaningless offsets by some of the largest household name corporations around the world, including Disney, Nestle, Gucci, Volkswagen, Delta,easyJet,Exxon, and many more. </b>Representing approximately one third (32.03%) of the total credits retired in offsets projects globally according to <a ljsid-2=\"\">AlliedOffsets Database</a>, the updated analysis and rigorous scoring of the top 50 global offsets projects found that the vast majority are “likely” (42 out of the top 50 offsets projects or 84%) or “potentially” (7 out of the top 50 offsets projects or 14%) junk. Analysis also found that for many of these corporations, these “likely junk” offsets made up a notable (more than 1/3) or significant (more than ⅔) of their entire offsets portfolio.":1,"#The evidence suggests the presence of fundamental failures is not any less prevalent overall in the top 50 projects than it was in August 2023, despite multiple reforms and updated initiatives. In the analysis, each environmental project with one or more fundamental failing was classified as likely or potentially junk, depending on the number and gravity of the failings. Strong evidence of one or more of these fundamental failings means the promised emission reductions cannot be guaranteed. Some evidence of at least one failing means the project is potentially junk as it cannot guarantee the advertised emission cuts. Even though the research looked at all offsets credits retired since project inception, the bulk of the offsets (more than 60%) were retired within the last three years. This means that corporations are still making broad and increasing use of “likely junk” credits even as their worthlessness continues to come to light, and that attempts to curtail the junkiness of the VCM does not look particularly promising as a whole.":1,"#Press Release: New analysis reveals major corporations are utilizing millions of “likely junk” carbon offsets - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Buyers span industries, include range of household names from Exxon to Nestle, Delta to Disney.":1,"#The research comes on the heels of a Biden-Harris Administration <a ljsid-1=\"\">announcement of proposed principles</a> for carbon markets (which has been criticized by multiple experts), and as nations gear up for <a ljsid-3=\"\">climate talks</a> where “to offset or not to offset” will be in focus. The voluntary carbon market (VCM) has come under increased scrutiny thanks to multiple<a ljsid-5=\"\"> investigations by experts</a> around the world <a ljsid-7=\"\">revealing how these carbon trading schemes</a> appear to give corporations cover to continue polluting while not actually reducing emissions, and even likely spurring significant harm. In 2023, a joint <a ljsid-9=\"\">Guardian</a> and Corporate Accountability investigation poked significant holes in carbon trading schemes seen to give permission to countries and corporations to continue burning fossil fuels.":1,"#“These findings shed further light on the dangerous distraction that the voluntary carbon market remains, despite multiple reforms, new initiative launches, and rolling out of updated principles,” said Rachel Rose Jackson, Corporate Accountability’s Director of Climate Research & Policy. “What the evidence increasingly points to is that this scheme effectively operates to evade, not guarantee, meaningful climate action, and to greenwash further fossil fuel use and pollution. We shouldn’t be plugging holes in a sinking ship, not when millions of lives are at stake.”":1,"#Activists across the country answered our call to action, filling the streets with people demanding climate justice and building grassroots power to protect public water. Today, in communities across the country, Action League members are doing the deep work of reversing the corporate takeover of our democracy and our lives.":1,"#hold the fossil fuel industry accountable":1,"#decisive action on climate change":1,"#issue":1,"#More on our climate campaign":1,"#at the U.N. climate treaty negotiations and in national policymaking. We’ve also supported policymakers from former President Obama to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to take":1,"#In 2014, millions of people were already feeling the effects of rising global temperatures — the tip of the proverbial iceberg — but the international community still wasn’t taking effective action on climate change. And that’s because the fossil fuel industry and other polluting corporations were using any means necessary to stop binding climate policy. So we began to organize with people around the world to hold these corporations accountable and remove them from the policymaking process. Our campaign has turned what was once an untouchable subject — the fossil fuel industry’s conflicts of interest in climate policy — into a hotly debated":1,"#Youtube":1,"#corporateaccountability.org":1,"#Challenging powerful transnational corporations ultimately cost Cáceres her life, but her spirit and legacy continues to live on. Her daughter, <a ljsid-1=\"\">Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres</a> is currently General Coordinator of COPINH — the position her mother occupied before she was murdered. Today, COPINH continues its fight for the rights of the Lenca people and Indigenous communities all over Honduras, and for a world where corporations do not and cannot operate with impunity.":1,"#Despite the victory, threats against Cáceres continued to escalate until March 3, 2016, when she was murdered by gunmen in her home in La Esperanza, Honduras. Her death was followed by the killing of several other COPINH and environmental activists just mere days later, leading to international outrage. Cáceres is survived by her four children and husband, and although several men have been charged with her murder, the full extent of Cáceres’ assassination is still under investigation.":1,"#The strong protests and fierce opposition against the Agua Zarca Dam was <a ljsid-1=\"\">met with violent repression</a> not only from the developers of the project, but also from armed private security police and military personnel. Cáceres herself received countless threats of rape, murder, and physical harm for her role in leading this campaign. Yet, despite all odds, COPINH and the Lenca community’s efforts successfully blocked all attempts to continue the dam’s construction. Eventually several of the corporations and international financial institutions involved withdrew their funding and support for the project, effectively ending it.":1,"#One such project was the Agua Zarca Dam, a joint venture between several corporations and the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank. Noticing an influx of machinery and construction equipment in their town, the Lenca people initially approached COPINH in 2006 <a ljsid-1=\"\">to investigate the project</a>. What Cáceres learnt during the course of her investigation sparked a years-long struggle against the project by COPINH , under Cáceres’ leadership and with full support and involvement from the Lenca community.":1,"#Born to the Lenca people in Honduras, Cáceres grew up during a time of violence and civil unrest in Central America. Her journey in activism began in 1993, when she co-founded the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) to support the right of Indigenous peoples in the country. She fearlessly challenged illegal loggers, plantation owners, and multinational corporations carrying out mega-projects that often encroached upon Indigenous lands and destroyed Indigenous livelihoods.":1,"#<a ljsid-0=\"\"><strong ljsid-0-0=\"\">Berta Cáceres</strong></a> was an Indigenous leader, a human rights defender, and an environmental activist who led a grassroots campaign to stop the construction of a hydroelectric dam that would threaten the Lenca peoples’ way of life and their access to important needs such as water, food, and medicine.":1,"#In honor of Women’s History Month, we are remembering Berta Cáceres, an Indigenous leader, a human rights defender, and an environmental activist who led a grassroots campaign to stop the construction of a hydroelectric dam in Honduras.":1,"#In this moment of corporate power run amok, we remember the long history of people challenging corporate power -- and winning.":1,"#Women challenging corporate power: Berta Cáceres - Corporate Accountability":1,"#In honor of Women’s History Month, we will be writing a series of articles on a few of the activists we admire, are inspired by, and on whose shoulders we stand.":1,"#In this moment of corporate power run amok, with each new headline demanding a response, and with so much at stake, it’s important to remember that there is a long history of people challenging corporate power — <a ljsid-1=\"\">and winning.</a>":1,"#Women challenging corporate power: Berta Caceres stands at the COPINH (the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras) offices in La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras.":1,"#Photo credit: <a ljsid-1=\"\">Coolloud</a> on Flickr.":1,"#Women challenging corporate power: Berta Cáceres":1,"#March 12, 2021":1,"#From the cartoons of the 80s and 90s to toy-themed e-cigarettes, corporations have a history of luring youth into nicotine addiction.":1,"#Press Release: New analysis reveals major corporations are utilizing millions of “likely junk” carbon offsets":1,"#May 30, 2024":1,"#responsabilicen a la industria de los combustibles fósiles":1,"#investigación":1,"#Double trouble: Veolia, Suez, and the risks of water privatization":1,"#Big Tobacco's racist roots - Corporate Accountability":1,"#hospitales":1,"#July 24, 2024":1,"#Otañez MG, Mamudu HM, Glantz SA. Tobacco companies’ use of developing countries’ economic reliance on tobacco to lobby against global tobacco control: The case of Malawi. Am J Public Health. 2009;99(10):1759-1771. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.146217":1,"#Hillstrom K. Encyclopedia of American Industries: Manufacturing Industries. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale; 1997.":1,"#Fallin A, Glantz SA. Tobacco-control policies in tobacco-growing states: Where tobacco was king. Milbank Q. 2015;93(2):319-358. doi:10.1111/1468-0009.12124":1},"version":7926}]