Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco
Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco
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The tobacco industry has spent decades honing its deadly strategies to maximise its profits. Despite the well-known dangers of tobacco there are still 8 million tobacco-related deaths each year.Why, decades after it’s deceptions were uncovered, is this industry still so powerful and profitable?This new podcast series, based on ground-breaking research, reveals the tactics of the tobacco industry. Experts from the University of Bath and further afield consider the progress that has been made in countering this deadly industry and what still needs to be done.We also explore how these same strategies provide a playbook for other industries that trade in unhealthy commodities and make billions at the expense of our, and the planet’s, health.Join us as we hold this deadly industry to account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The podcast focuses on a range of topics related to the tobacco industry, including the illicit tobacco trade, tax strategies, political influence, and regulatory challenges. Episodes feature in-depth discussions like tackling tobacco smuggling with Dr. Allen Gallagher and exploring taxation with Dr. Rob Branston, emphasizing the industry's tactics in evading public health regulations.
The tobacco industry has spent decades honing its deadly strategies to maximise its profits. Despite the well-known dangers of tobacco there are still 8 million tobacco-related deaths each year.
Why, decades after it’s deceptions were uncovered, is this industry still so powerful and profitable?
This new podcast series, based on ground-breaking research, reveals the tactics of the tobacco industry. Experts from the University of Bath and further afield consider the progress that has been made in countering this deadly industry and what still needs to be done.
We also explore how these same strategies provide a playbook for other industries that trade in unhealthy commodities and make billions at the expense of our, and the planet’s, health.
Join us as we hold this deadly industry to account.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco, the podcast where we explore the tactics used by the tobacco industry as it pursues profit over health.
It’s the final episode of series 1 and Dr. Sophie Braznell joins Louis to discuss the tobacco industry’s manipulation of science. They delve into how the industry interferes in the conception and publication of scientific studies and strategies to counter this misuse of science across health harming industries.
Dr. Sophie Braznell is a Research Associate (coordination) in the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. She has a background in STEM and the Health and Social Care public sector. Sophie has acquired extensive knowledge on heated tobacco products and tobacco industry science.
Sources used in this episode include:
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae101
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253272
- https://www.tobaccotactics.org/article/influencing-science/
- https://www.tobaccotactics.org/article/influencing-science-case-studies/
- https://www.tobaccotactics.org/article/influencing-science-pmis-covert-science-in-japan/
* At 17.05 Sophie references the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW). As of May 2024 this organisation has been renamed Global Action to End Smoking (GAES). Following publication of this podcast, GAES contacted us to deny it is a lobbying group, saying that it is prohibited from lobbying by its legal status. It also stated that it has terminated its agreement with PMI and adopted a policy of not accepting tobacco industry funding. You can read our Tobacco Tactics analysis of GAES here.
Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. It is hosted by Louis Laurence, produced by Kate White and edited by Sacha Goodwin. The production manager is Jacqueline Oliver.
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The views expressed in this episode by the podcast participants (host and guests) are their own and do not reflect the views of the University of Bath or any other affiliate groups.
For information on the Tobacco Control Research Group’s funding sources please read the following statement: https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/tobacco-control-research-group-statement-on-funding-sources/.
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