Jason McLure

With deceptive health appeals, China Tobacco finds growth amid global slowdown.

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.

Measuring the power and influence of the world’s largest cigarette manufacturer.

Six ways China has side-stepped the global anti-tobacco treaty

For two decades, China Tobacco has undermined a landmark anti-smoking treaty. Millions more deaths are predicted as a result.