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"[India Prime Minister] Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to give up tobacco and said the government move to ban e-cigarettes was to ensure that the youth could be kept away from getting addicted." Governments must protect kids from the tobacco industry.

In the Philippines, the tobacco industry is challenging a Baguio City law that bans the sale of single cigarettes. The tobacco industry uses single cigarette sales to make tobacco readily affordable, especially for kids.

In the Philippines, #PhilipMorrisInternational is working to influence the rates at which the government taxes different tobacco products. ~ MANILA BULLETIN The Philippines government cannot allow PMI to interfere in its efforts to protect citizens from the global tobacco epidemic.

“Juul’s announcement today is aimed at repairing its image and protecting its profits, not at solving this crisis,”… https://t.co/yukBz9Mz7U

“They’re doing a lot of what early tobacco companies did, which is glamorize the use of the product... Even though it might be intended for adults, sort of like Joe Camel the cartoon character, it still might resonate with children and teenagers.”

Following the tobacco industry playbook, two e-cigarette companies have filed challenges against India's e-cig ban. "The Indian government banned the sale, import and manufacture of e-cigarettes this month and warned of an 'epidemic' among young people."

Check out this new article by Sam Baker on Engadget exposing how tobacco companies oppose policies to save lives by running "grassroots" Facebook campaigns under misleading names.

Limiting tobacco sale locations helps fight tobacco industry marketing. "To control and regulate the sale of tobacco products, Punjab government is putting in place a legal framework to make vendor registration and licensing mandatory."

Juul is Big Tobacco. An executive from Marlboro maker Altria is Juul's new CEO. University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business professor Tim Hubbard said "Bringing in a traditional tobacco executive who knows how to market and manage government relationships with deadly products matches the firm’s needs."

According to @DutchNewsNL, #ImperialBrands has approached members of parliament in the Netherlands, aiming to recru… https://t.co/A0XMPzfu2T

In a new @BMJ piece, @AnooBhu examines how the Foundation for a Smoke Free World, wholly funded by cigarette giant… https://t.co/lCD2RuwKVz

Good start. And considering the 8,000,000+ deaths per year globally from tobacco, Walmart should consider ending th… https://t.co/WaFaXJLuiZ

In an effort to protect passengers from the tobacco industry, "Malaysia-based AirAsia has joined other airlines in halting sales of duty-free cigarettes onboard all flights."

Tobacco companies worldwide are finding new ways to market their e-cigarette and heated tobacco products under the… https://t.co/eBL8Aslfmm

To protect young users from the global tobacco epidemic social media companies must immediately prohibit influencer… https://t.co/6anwFGGHYr

Thailand is preparing to roll out plain packaging of tobacco products in an effort to protect its citizens from an… https://t.co/gsD5lBTaTR

"... tobacco companies hardly even care that fewer Americans smoke. Smoking has gone overseas, and cigarette companies now derive most of their profits from international sales. Today, some 80 percent of smokers live in low- or middle-income countries."

"France’s pension fund for civil servants, no longer holds investments in the tobacco industry... [adding] its sign… https://t.co/rNu0wmNGck

"[Youth] participants said advertising for e-cigarettes made them want to try the products. They pointed to multipl… https://t.co/9XOp9Sqpsa

"Tobacco companies are starting anti-tax front groups on Facebook... These Facebook groups look and sound like gras… https://t.co/jOF95Kn1J7