Suing tobacco companies.

Thwarting tobacco companies.

Considering the enormous harm tobacco products cause among their most loyal consumers, it is astounding and repugnant that tobacco product manufacturers continue to operate as fabulously profitable enterprises. These companies have used layer upon layer of defense and counter-offense to protect profits from effective public health measures for more than a generation (1 -3). Slowly, however, pro...

Effect of Services and Facilities of Tobacco Companies Ion Tobacco Crop in Malakand Division, Pakistan

The present research is conducted to find out the services and facilities of tobacco companies in promotion of tobacco crop in Malakand division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A multi-stage sampling technique applied for selection sample size. In this method, 135 tobacco growers were selected from fifteen villages of tobacco growers. The principle researcher interviewed selected respondents f...

The Cost of Suing Business

Testimony by otolaryngologists in defense of tobacco companies 2009–2014

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To examine expert testimony offered by otolaryngologists in defense of the tobacco industry and to assess whether opinions rendered were congruent with evidence in the scientific literature. METHODS Data sources include publically available expert witness depositions and trial testimony of board-certified otolaryngologists employed by the tobacco industry in defense of l...

Tobacco companies are booming despite an economic depression

During the past year, an economic crisis has affected economies and life styles throughout the world. However, the three largest transnational tobacco companies - Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco - showed excellent returns during this period, reflecting more widespread indirect exposure to smoking.