Companies release watermelon Marlboros, blueberry-menthol Luckies despite “smoke-free” promises.
As legal battles over vapes and menthol cigarettes mount, tobacco companies turn to former agency insiders to press their case.
Tactics used to persuade U.S. doctors that potent painkillers could be safely prescribed have been used abroad, an investigation shows.
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Chemical suppliers for lithium-ion batteries have been accused of misleading regulators, hiding information and contaminating communities while making related products.
By making legal threats and lobbying politicians, the tobacco industry worked to undermine a radical new bill to create a “smoke free” generation, documents show.
With deceptive health appeals, China Tobacco finds growth amid global slowdown.
Tens of thousands of people live close to oil and gas wells where they risk exposure to hazardous levels of hydrogen sulfide. Regulators do little to protect them.
General Mills warns of “food shaming"; dietitian influencers promote junk foods and discourage weight loss efforts.
Families near battery recycling plants face “dangerous" levels of lead in their blood and in soil, testing shows.
The tobacco giant and its longtime business associate quietly gained a major foothold in Egypt, as the country sold off its stake in its state tobacco monolith.
Smoking rates have declined dramatically in much of the world since the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was signed 20 years ago. But not in China – and its people are suffering the consequences.
For two decades, China Tobacco has undermined a landmark anti-smoking treaty. Millions more deaths are predicted as a result.
The medical education provider had proposed a year’s worth of online content about smoking cessation backed by the tobacco giant, an internal document shows.
Leaked documents show how lobbying successfully relaxed regulations around Velo nicotine pouches. Experts fear the products will addict a new generation.
Philip Morris International has poured millions into a nonprofit that funds a sprawling network of pro-vaping groups trying to influence laws.
