United States Does Not Table its Tobacco Exception at the TransPacific Partnership Negotiations
The United States did not table its tobacco exception at the latest round of TransPacific Partnership negotiations. The issue apparently did not come ...
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Canada and Mexico Join the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Talks
Canada and Mexico are set to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement talks. They have agreed to accept any provisions that have been agreed befor...
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): 13th Round of TPP Negotiations – Jul 2-10, 2012
(July 2-10, 2012 / San Diego, Calif. ) The most recent negotiating round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership took place in San Diego, California from J...
If Tobacco Policy is Protected in TPP, Why is US Proposing a New Exception?
(NZ Week / June 15, 2012) “US plans to table a specific exception of tobacco contradict the government’s reassurances that a Trans-Pacific Partnership...
Tobacco Industry Reports on Revenues
Clearly, even though it kills over 5 million people per year, tobacco remains a very lucrative business. Quoting Warren Buffet: “I’ll tell you why ...
California Tobacco Tax Referendum
During its Presidential primary election, California voters also had the chance to weigh in on a proposed $1/pack tax on cigarettes to fund cancer...
Ratification from Czech Republic
On June 1st 2012 the Czech Republic joined the tobacco treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. 177 out of 195 eligible Parties have beco...
WHO: World No Tobacco Day – MAY 31, 2012
(31, May 2012)
This year’s theme for World No Tobacco Day is “Tobacco Industry Interference”. The focus is on the need to expose and counter the...
Reynolds American Inc. in 2012: U.S. Supreme Court Leaves Company with “Massive Liability”
(PHAI Blog) Three key issues were taken up at the 2012 Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) Annual Shareholders Meeting in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Ma...
WHA Adoption of Targets
The world must stay make clear commitments to reduce the tobacco caused epidemic. As Dr Chan, Director General of the WHO says, “what gets measured ge...
PAFNCD 2012
On May 8-9 I attended in Brasilia, Brazil, the first working meeting of the Pan American Forum for Action on Noncommunicable Diseases (PAFNCD), an ini...
TPP Might Not Live To See Next Year
(WebProNews.com / May 8, 2012) With all the recent talk about CISPA and ACTA, it seems like we’ve been forgetting about our old friend TTP, or Trans-P...
President Obama’s Double Standard on TPP
(Wall Street Journal / May 7, 2012) The president wants other countries to embrace free trade, while defending tariffs for domestic textiles. Trade of...
Why is the TPP Such a Big Secret?
(Huffington Post) Next week in Dallas, negotiations for what's likely to be the largest Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in U.S. history will continue in ne...
Costing Tools
Tobacco use has been determined to be very costly to society as you can see in this Harvard- World Economic Forum publication. According to a recent A...
WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB): WTO Adopts Clove Cigarette Rulings- APR 24, 2012
(24, April 2012)
At the meeting on April 24, 2012 the DSB adopted the panel and appellate body reports on US measures affecting the sale of clove...
Free Trade Won’t Snuff Plain Smokes
(Dominion Post) New Zealand has not signed any free trade agreement that will stop plans to sell cigarettes in plain packaging, Prime Minister John Ke...
Foundations Are Laid for Future Trade
(Jakarta Globe) Last year, Indonesia’s clove cigarettes made headlines internationally. In an unprecedented move, Indonesia challenged superpower trad...
Bloomberg’s Support on Tobacco Control
We applaud New York City Mayor and philanthropist Michael R. Bloomberg, for his unwavering commitment to public health by announcing his continued sup...
ASH Applauds Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Commitment to the Global Fight Against Tobacco
WASHINGTON, DC (March 23, 2012) Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) applauds New York City Mayor and philanthropist Michael R. Bloomberg, for his unwav...
15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health – MAR 20-24, 2012
The World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) is the premier, international conference on tobacco control. It is held once every 3 years, and att...
Big Tobacco Wants TPP Trade Deal To Block NZ’s Smoking Laws
(Dec. 5, 2011) The Green Party is calling on the Government to reject attempts to introduce investor-state disputes mechanisms into the Trans-Pacific ...