Legal

National

Racketeers at the table: How the tobacco industry is subverting the public health purpose of tobacco regulation – Tobacco Control Legal Consortium. A law synopsis that describes the tobacco industry’s long history of misleading the public about the dangers of its products, provides numerous examples of how tobacco companies have attempted to manipulate the regulatory process in the past, and suggests steps the FDA and the public health community can take to counter and prevent tobacco industry subversion.

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International

Tobacco firms' strategy limits poorer nations' smoking laws – New York Times. Tobacco companies are pushing back against a worldwide rise in antismoking laws, using a little-noticed legal strategy to delay or block regulation. The industry is warning countries that their tobacco laws violate an expanding web of trade and investment treaties, raising the prospect of costly, prolonged legal battles, health advocates and officials said.

Intellectual property chapter of Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement, tobacco, and public health – Center for Policy Analysis on Trade and Health. A document released by the Center for Policy Analysis on Trade and Health assesses provisions of the text of the draft Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPP), concluding that it would potentially threaten tobacco control measures worldwide if passed. Click here to learn more about the TPP.

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