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Friday, June 07, 2019

Smoke-Free World Foundation

The Philip Morris-funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World: tax return sheds light on funding activities


Published:June 06, 2019DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)3
In September, 2017, Philip Morris International, one of the world's largest tobacco companies, set up the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, with almost US$1 billion of funding over 12 years.
 The Foundation claims to be an independent scientific body aiming to “accelerate an end to smoking”.
 Yet controversy has surrounded the Foundation since its inception; its claims of legitimacy and independence have been strongly disputed
 
 and WHO
 and hundreds of public health organisations globally
 have taken a strong stance in rejecting collaboration with the Foundation.

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