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.

The UK Department of Health ordered Philip Morris International (maker of Marlboro cigarettes) to remove poster adverts for “healthier” tobacco products from shops around the United Kingdom.