Organization
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Contract Status
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Notes
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Mekong Club
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2020
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Mekong Club is one of the grantees of the second funding round of PMI IMPACT. [1]
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ABF Lab
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2018
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ABF Lab (Analytisch-biologisches Forschungslabor) received funding from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World in 2018 for “Phase 1 Biomarker Research” [2]:47 Max Scherer and Nikola Pluy from ABF also presented at Foundation for a Smoke-Free World Health, Science and Technology grantee meeting in May 2019. They provided an update on their project named: "Identification of biomarkers of exposure (BoEx) to different nicotine product user groups" [3]
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Euromonitor
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2018
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Philip Morris International and PMI Impact announced it would be funding market research company Euromonitor. [2]:51
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The Influence Foundation
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2019
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In 2019, both Philip Morris International and the Foundation For a Smoke-Free World were listed as funders of The Influence Foundation, owner of the online harm-reduction magazine, Filter. [2]:51
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Industry Transformation Coalition
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2020
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Philip Morris International is a member of the Industry Transformation Coalition, a community of corporations and organizations who are "embracing the challenge of business." [4]
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Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT)
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2020
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Philip Morris International is listed as one of TRACIT's members. [5]
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Ukrainian Institute for the Future
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2019
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The Ukrainian Institute for the Future has received funding from PMI Impact in 2019 to work on a project to research and engage with the public on the illicit tobacco trade.[6]
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Retailers Against Smuggling
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2019
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An academic institute based in Warsaw. This organisation received PMI Impact funding to research illicit trade in the EU. In 2019, the Institute of Law Studies organised a conference entitled “Combatting Illegal Tobacco Trade in the Era of Fast Change”. According to conference documents, the event was “organized by the ILS PAS presenting the outcome of research supported under the PMI Impact”. In a statement the organisation said: “The Institute has been established over 60 years ago, we value our academic freedom and we would never allow or endorse any publications which do not comply with the standards commonly accepted in the academic world.”[7]
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JHM-Pesquisa e Consultoria em Segurança
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NA
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JHM Pesquisa has received PMI Impact funding for a project to analyse illegal trade and related crimes in South America. It has also organised events in Brazil with TRACIT (Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade) on illicit tobacco trade. TRACIT is closely aligned with the tobacco industry.[8]
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Knowledge Action Change
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NA
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This London-based business describes itself as a “private sector public health agency.” It has received more than USD 1 million in contracts from the Foundation For A Smoke-Free World. It also organizes the Global Forum on Nicotine which has links with the tobacco industry.[9]
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Home Factasia
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NA
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Factasia, a Hong Kong-based lobby group, promotes looser regulations of tobacco and e-cigarettes across Asia. It says it does not act as an industry mouthpiece. Philip Morris International is one of its supporters.[10]
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EFFAT
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NA
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The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) represents 120 trade unions across the European Union. Leaked internal documents from Philip Morris International have revealed that EFFAT’s tobacco lobbying activities were part of a larger, comprehensive and well-financed PMI campaign to undermine tobacco control policy. It denies tobacco industry funding. Some of its member unions represent tobacco companies.[11]
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Polish Confederation Lewiatan
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NA
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Polish organisation with members from BAT Poland and PMI Poland. Its website lists the organisation’s activities over the last 15 years, among which is successfully campaigning against tax rises and other benefits for the tobacco industry.[12]
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International Chamber of Commerce
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NA
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This Paris-based organization was founded in 1919 and bills itself as the world's largest business organization. It regularly issues reports sympathetic to the tobacco industry and lobbied against plain packaging proposals. British American Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris International sit on its influential anti counterfeiting and piracy initiative.[13]
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US ASEAN Business Council
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2017
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The US-ASEAN Business Council concluded a four day Senior Executives Business Mission to Vietnam today with a meeting with Prime Minister H.E. Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Companies participating in the mission included Philip Morris. [14]
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Digital Coding Tracking Association (DCTA)
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NA
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The Digital Coding and Tracking Association (DCTA) is a front group, launched in 2013 by the four multinational tobacco companies: British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris International. The DCTA has promoted the industry’s tobacco tracking and tracing technology, Codentify, often without disclosing its relationship to the tobacco industry. [15]
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Transparency International Turkey
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2019
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This organisation has received funding from PMI Impact in 2019 to carry out an initiative to tackle illict trade, including tobacco. The project is said to focus on "research, advocacy, awareness raising and capacity building activities". [16]
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Society for International Development
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2019 -
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Philip Morris International became the newest dues-paying member of the Washington chapter of the Society for International Development, an international network committed to advancing global development. [17]
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American Enterprise Institute
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2011-2017
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According to a Guardian report, in 2017, the AEI wrote a letter to the US FDA, encouraging the agency to approve Philip Morris International's IQOS product for sale in the US. The letter said: "It is imperative that current US smokers have access to and be properly informed about safer options. [18]
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American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec)
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2010-2017
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In 2017, the group wrote to the US FDA in support of IQOS, a product Philip Morris hopes to sell in the US market as less risky than cigarettes. PR Watch reported in 2014 that “tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris/Altria gave Alec $1,426,700 between 1995 and 2010 – significantly more than the approximately $50,000 a year it was previously reported to have given Alec." [18]
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Americans for Tax Reform
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2015-2017
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In 2017, Americans for Tax Reform wrote to the US FDA in support of IQOS, a Philip Morris International product. [18]
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Cato Institute
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2010, 2012, 2013
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As far back as 2000, internal Philip Morris documents made public through litigation show the Cato Institute listed as one of the company’s "national allies". [18]
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Fraser Institute
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2011-2012
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Between 2012, the Fraser Institute accepted $100,000 from Philip Morris International, for “publishing research studies", according to Philip Morris' charitable disclosures. [18]
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Goldwater Institute
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2011-2017
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The Goldwater Institute has opposed tobacco taxes and supported Philip Morris International’s applications to sell new tobacco products in the US. In 2018, the Goldwater Institute's director of healthcare policy testified in favor of FDA approval for IQOS. [18]
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Heritage Foundation
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2011-2016
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The group has also opposed increase regulation on vaping. In 2017, the FDA was reviewing whether to allow Philip Morris International to sell a new product which heats but does not burn tobacco, called IQOS. That year, Heritage called on Congress to “stop blocking alternatives" to smoking. In 2018, the Heritage Foundation called on Congress and the US FDA to loosen e-cigarette regulations. The same year, a Heritage scholar testified to the FDA that IQOS had an “impressive record" and should be approved.[18]
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Independent Women's Forum
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2016-2017
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In 2017, an Independent Women’s Forum scholar testified to the US FDA that it should approve a new Philip Morris International product called IQOS, which heats but does not burn tobacco, so it does not unintentionally “punish women" by making it more difficult for them to quit smoking. An FDA advisory panel rejected Philip Morris's claims that the stick would be safer than smoking.[18]
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Institute for Policy Innovation
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NA
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The Institute for Policy Innovation argued the US FDA should approve a new Philip Morris International product called IQOS for sale in the US. The product heats tobacco but does not burn it. In its comments, the Institute argued tobacco control "has partially morphed into a movement that is simply in opposition to tobacco companies". [18]
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James Madison Institute
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2012-2016
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In 2018, the James Madison Institute testified the US FDA should approve the new Philip Morris International product, IQOS, which heats but does not burn tobacco. [18]
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John Locke Foundation
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NA
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The John Locke Foundation has argued in support of selling new Philip Morris products in the United States. In 2017, the group joined several other free-market think-tanks to argue the US FDA should approve the PMI product the IQOS. [18]
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Maryland Public Policy Institute
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NA
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The Maryland Public Policy Institute has repeatedly opposed tobacco taxes and supported the sale of new Philip Morris products. In 2017, the Maryland Public Policy Institute and several other free market thinktanks urged the US FDA to approve a new Philip Morris International product called IQOS for sale in the US. [18]
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R Street Institute
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2014-2017
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The R Street Institute has argued against regulating vaping products, while accepting donations from tobacco companies. In 2013, a physician identified as R Street Institute's "senior fellow in tobacco policy" argued for less regulation of e-cigarettes in a written comment to US FDA rule-making. As well, in 2017, the group testified to regulators that Philip Morris International “did a great job" in it application to sell its new IQOS product in the United States. An FDA advisory panel rejected Philip Morris's claims that the stick would be safer than smoking. [18]
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State Policy Network
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2011-2016
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Affiliated thinktanks, such as the Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia, have also lobbied the US FDA to approve a new Philip Morris product called IQOS, which heats tobacco but does not burn it, for sale in the US. An FDA advisory panel rejected Philip Morris's claims that the stick would be safer than smoking. The group has accepted multiple donations from tobacco makers in the last 10 years.[18]
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TechFreedom
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2016-2017
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TechFreedom has written favorably to the US FDA about a new Philip Morris International product called IQOS, which heats but does not burn tobacco. TechFreedom wrote the agency should “expeditiously" approve the new product. [18]
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Verite (2016)
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NA
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Philip Morris International's global program partner, Verité has guided the development of the company’s Agricultural Labor Practices Program Progress Code and the approach to dealing with labor issues in tobacco-growing. [19]
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International Organization for Migration (2016)
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NA
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Philip Morris International partnered with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to provide assistance to the most vulnerable migrants and reduce exploitation and other forms of human-rights abuses in Italy's agricultural sector. The collaboration addressed immediate material needs, supports better access to social services, and provides legal and social counseling. The organization also provided emergency support to IOM in Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to build winterproof facilities for migrants at all stages of their journey. [20]
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Europtimum (2014)
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Not Active
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The office of former French MEP Dominique Vlasto nurtured a special relationship with Europtimum, a lobby consultancy firm based in Strasbourg. Edouard Debra, the director and founder of Europtimum, is a former parliamentary assistant of Vlasto. Philip Morris International was one of Europtimum's largest clients, generating between EUR 150,000 and 200,000 turnover for Europtimum in 2013. Philip Morris France was another client, generating between EUR 50,000 and EUR100,000 in 2013. [21]
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Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (2015)
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NA
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According to Tobacco Watch, the Malaysian libertarian think tank Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs started receiving funds from Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris in 2015. That same year, the organization started publicly opposing to tobacco control measures. [22]
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Rahmat Lim & Partners, Malaysia (Allen & Gledhill)
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NA
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Law firm for Philip Morris (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd [23]
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Bustaman & Co
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NA
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Law firm for Philip Morris (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd [23]
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Australian Institute for Progress
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NA
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The Australian Institute for Progress (AIP) has opposed plain packaging, questions the World Health Organization’s (WHO) capacity to control tobacco use, and criticized renowned tobacco control groups in south-east Asia. In 2016, the group’s former director, Dr Gary Johns, now the Commissioner of Australian Charities, attacked the World Health Organization's proposed international convention on tobacco for lacking transparency and excluding debate. The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) said Johns’ letter was "riddled with false accusations". In 2018, the Australian Institute for Progress also signed onto a letter to the WHO opposing plain packaging, which removes branding from cigarette packs. Johns also consulted for the the International Tax and Investment Center, which at the time received funding from Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Imperial Brands tobacco. In his role at the ITIC, Johns attacked SEATCA as an “instrument of the World Health Organization".[18]
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Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas)
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2015-2017
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It received funding from a Philip Morris International affiliate in 2015, and from a second in 2016 and 2017. It also received funds from Japan Tobacco International in 2015 and 2017. In response to questions from the Guardian, British American Tobacco said it donated to Ideas, but did not disclose which years.[18]
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Ukrainian Economic Freedoms Foundation
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2017
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Philip Morris donated $150,000 to the Ukrainian Economic Freedoms Foundation in 2017. In response to questions from the Guardian, Japan Tobacco disclosed it donated to the Foundation, though did not disclose which years. British American Tobacco said it currently supports this organization.[18]
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Oxford Economics
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2018
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Philip Morris International Management, one of PMI’s affiliates in Switzerland paid for a report prepared by Oxford Economics that found 52.3 percent of Malaysian cigarettes were illicit. [24]
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American European Community Association
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Active
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Philip Morris International is listed amongst members of the organization. [25]
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American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
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Active
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Philip Morris Asia Limited has been a member of the Organization since January 2015 [26] and sponsored a number of events. [27] </ref>
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Kantar
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2018
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According to Tobacco Tactics, in 2018 Kantar undertook a USD 466,212 ‘State of Smoking Survey' on behalf of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free world. [28]
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The Kangaroo Group
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2017 - ongoing
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The Kangaroo Group promotes free trade across the European Union. In 2017, the Group’s tobacco industry members were listed as Barry Ronan from British American Tobacco, Mario Muller from the Confederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers, Alan Hardacre from Imperial Tobacco, Kristof Doms from Philip Morris International and Paolo Bochicchio from Japan Tobacco International. [29]
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The International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations (INNCO)
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2018
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Foundation for a Smoke-Free World awarded INNCO a grant to develop a business plan, which aims to “represent consumers of low-risk, alternative nicotine products and to promote tobacco harm reduction on the global stage.” [30]
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Factasia
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2020
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Factasia, a Hong Kong-based lobby group, promotes looser regulations of tobacco and e-cigarettes across Asia. Philip Morris International is one of its supporters, listed on its website. [31]
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Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA)
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2020
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CAPHRA is a member of Foundation for a Smoke Free World-funded International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations and founded by Knowledge Action Change [32]
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