Alleged Violations of Tobacco Control and Other Laws

Tobacco companies aggressively block, weaken, and undermine policies designed to protect public health and reduce tobacco use, and at times they have been found to work outside of countries’ laws. In multiple instances tobacco companies have been found to have violated the law.

In Nigeria, Philip Morris International allegedly imported 122 million units of five of its cigarette brands by circumventing requirements to obtain the proper licensing under Nigeria’s Tobacco Control Law.