Exclusive: Documents reveal Philip Morris' campaign to subvert the world's anti-smoking treaty


  • World
  • Thursday, 13 Jul 2017

FILE PHOTO: A health warning is seen on a pack of Marlboro tobacco cigarettes in this photo illustration March 17, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/Illustration/File Photo

NEW DELHI/LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Philip Morris International Inc is waging a secret campaign to subvert the World Health Organization's anti-smoking treaty, which was designed to save lives by curbing tobacco use, a Reuters investigation published today reveals.

In one of the largest-ever tobacco industry leaks, internal Philip Morris International documents seen by Reuters, combined with reporting in 14 countries, expose a clandestine lobbying operation that stretches from the Americas to Africa to Asia.

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