Purpose To understand transnational tobacco companies'(TTCs) practices in low and
middle-income countries which serve to block tobacco-control policies and promote tobacco …

Background: Transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) have a well-established presence in
Southeast Asia and are now targeting other low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) …

Background Tobacco industry interference has been identified as the greatest obstacle to
the implementation of evidence-based measures to reduce tobacco use. Understanding and …

Tobacco use is the single largest cause of preventable death globally, killing more than five
million people each year. Tobacco use also creates considerable economic costs, from …

Over the past decade, health has become an increasingly important international issue and
one which has engaged the attention of the foreign and security policy community. This …

Objectives To collect, appraise, select, and report the best available national estimates of
cigarette consumption since 1970. Design Systematic collection of comparable data. Setting …

The first major book by political scientists explaining global tobacco control policy. It
identifies a history of minimal tobacco control then charts the extent to which governments …

Objective To evaluate the impact of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
(FCTC) on global cigarette consumption. Design Two quasi-experimental impact …

Objective To examine the quality of tobacco industry-funded data on the illicit tobacco trade
(ITT) through a systematic review of existing assessments of industry-funded data on ITT …

A large body of evidence demonstrates that tobacco companies use a wide range of tactics
to interfere with tobacco control. Such strategies include direct and indirect political lobbying …