Jorge Alday
@jorgeinbk.bsky.social
Director at Vital Strategies. Global Public Health, U.S. Healthcare watcher. BBQ judge. Washingtonian in Brooklyn #running to stand still. Opinions are mine.
If Philip Morris Intl is only targeting smokers with its addictive IQOS product, why does it want that product available to a smoke-free generation?
A U.K. lawmaker is trying to stall an upcoming ban on heated tobacco products—after an industry-funded visit to a tobacco giant’s Swiss lab.
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UK lawmaker seeks to delay heated tobacco ban after industry-funded trip
As public health experts warn of the dangers of heated tobacco products like IQOS, Lord Ed Vaizey argued that they should be excluded from a landmark ban pending further study – after touring Philip M...
www.theexamination.org
June 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If Philip Morris Intl is only targeting smokers with its addictive IQOS product, why does it want that product available to a smoke-free generation?
In a landmark first that will send seismic tremors through the tobacco industry, the gov of Maldives passed the world's first generational ban on tobacco. No one born after 2007 will ever be able to buy tobacco products in the Maldives. presidency.gov.mv/Press/Articl...
President ratifies Second Amendment to Tobacco Control Act, establishing generational ban
President ratifies Second Amendment to Tobacco Control Act, establishing generational ban
presidency.gov.mv
May 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In a landmark first that will send seismic tremors through the tobacco industry, the gov of Maldives passed the world's first generational ban on tobacco. No one born after 2007 will ever be able to buy tobacco products in the Maldives. presidency.gov.mv/Press/Articl...
The City of Baltimore is suing Philip Morris International - it alleges the cigarette company was illegally marketing Zyn nicotine pouches to kids. This would fit into the tobacco industry's playbook of hooking young people on its products. tobaccoreporter.com/2025/05/08/b...
Baltimore Sues PMI for “Peddling Zyn to Kids” - Tobacco Reporter
The complaint cites recent research that nearly 2% of middle and high school students report using nicotine pouches.
tobaccoreporter.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The City of Baltimore is suing Philip Morris International - it alleges the cigarette company was illegally marketing Zyn nicotine pouches to kids. This would fit into the tobacco industry's playbook of hooking young people on its products. tobaccoreporter.com/2025/05/08/b...
The city of Baltimore is suing Philip Morris International for marketing its Zyn nicotine pouches to kids.
May 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The city of Baltimore is suing Philip Morris International for marketing its Zyn nicotine pouches to kids.
An important new analysis of the current evidence on heated tobacco products punctures tobacco industry marketing that these products are safe and helpful for smokers to quit. Especially important as Philip Morris Intl. launches its IQOS product in the U.S. exposetobacco.org/resource/und....
Heated Tobacco Products: Current Issues and Recent Findings - STOP
Heated tobacco products are marketed as a safer alternative to cigarettes. Should you trust Big Tobacco's claims?
exposetobacco.org
April 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
An important new analysis of the current evidence on heated tobacco products punctures tobacco industry marketing that these products are safe and helpful for smokers to quit. Especially important as Philip Morris Intl. launches its IQOS product in the U.S. exposetobacco.org/resource/und....
The Philippines gov ordered Philip Morris International to stop marketing a collab version of its IQOS heated cigarette with
@steveaoki13.bsky.social because it's against the law. www.dti.gov.ph/osmv/osmv-ne...
@steveaoki13.bsky.social because it's against the law. www.dti.gov.ph/osmv/osmv-ne...
DTI orders PMFTC to cease advertising violative promotional materials following formal charges | Department of Trade and Industry Philippines
Makati City, Philippines—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Office for the Special Mandate on Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products (OSMV) has filed a formal charge and issued a Prelimi...
www.dti.gov.ph
April 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Philippines gov ordered Philip Morris International to stop marketing a collab version of its IQOS heated cigarette with
@steveaoki13.bsky.social because it's against the law. www.dti.gov.ph/osmv/osmv-ne...
@steveaoki13.bsky.social because it's against the law. www.dti.gov.ph/osmv/osmv-ne...
British American Tobacco in Kenya is making changes to its board amidst controversy about possible tax evasion revealed in an investigation from @investigativedesk.bsky.social , @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Tax Justice Network Africa. eastleighvoice.co.ke/headlines/11...
BAT Kenya announces Board leadership changes amid tax controversy
Along with Joubert's exit, Sidney Wafula, who has served as an Alternate Director since June 24, 2020, will also step down from the Board.
eastleighvoice.co.ke
February 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
British American Tobacco in Kenya is making changes to its board amidst controversy about possible tax evasion revealed in an investigation from @investigativedesk.bsky.social , @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Tax Justice Network Africa. eastleighvoice.co.ke/headlines/11...
British American Tobacco is now under investigation in Kenya for possible tax evasion. Great work from @investigativedesk.bsky.social @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Tax Justice Network Africa to uncover a $28m discrepancy in its filings. peopledaily.digital/business/eye...
peopledaily.digital
February 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
British American Tobacco is now under investigation in Kenya for possible tax evasion. Great work from @investigativedesk.bsky.social @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Tax Justice Network Africa to uncover a $28m discrepancy in its filings. peopledaily.digital/business/eye...
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They're legendary disease detectives: The CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service. Very little may be left of it after today, writes @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
They're legendary disease detectives: The CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service. Very little may be left of it after today, writes @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Important investigation from @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Investigative Desk show a $28m gap between the cigarettes British American Tobacco made in Kenya and how much tax it paid. That's a lot of money the Kenyan people could really use. www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
Missing Millions - A cross-examination of British American Tobacco Kenya’s tax bill
New research indicates inconsistencies between the amount of cigarettes produced and the tax paid by one of the world’s largest tobacco companies
www.bath.ac.uk
February 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Important investigation from @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Investigative Desk show a $28m gap between the cigarettes British American Tobacco made in Kenya and how much tax it paid. That's a lot of money the Kenyan people could really use. www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
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The bad kind of #H5N1 #birdflu is in cattle and everyone is distracted by the crazy administration www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...
USDA confirms spillover of 2nd H5N1 avian flu genotype into dairy cattle
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The bad kind of #H5N1 #birdflu is in cattle and everyone is distracted by the crazy administration www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...
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Withdrawing US funding from the World Health Organization is a potential disaster for public health worldwide, due to the impact it will have on the important work the WHO does. Preventing the CDC from even *talking* with WHO personnel is a step much farther toward undermining global health & safety
CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S.
apnews.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Withdrawing US funding from the World Health Organization is a potential disaster for public health worldwide, due to the impact it will have on the important work the WHO does. Preventing the CDC from even *talking* with WHO personnel is a step much farther toward undermining global health & safety
In the Philippines, a weak vaping law championed by Philip Morris Intl is starting to be seen as a failure. A Senate hearing found that the country gained 9.5 million new smokers from 2021-2023. Around 1m were adolescents, or age 10-19. opinion.inquirer.net/180327/a-new...
A new generation of smokers
The worst fears of those who opposed and criticized Republic Act No. 11900 or the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act have materialized. Instead of reducing the prevalence
opinion.inquirer.net
January 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In the Philippines, a weak vaping law championed by Philip Morris Intl is starting to be seen as a failure. A Senate hearing found that the country gained 9.5 million new smokers from 2021-2023. Around 1m were adolescents, or age 10-19. opinion.inquirer.net/180327/a-new...
Reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes would be a major step forward in reducing the catastrophic health toll smoking still takes on Americans. Which is why tobacco companies will fight it at every turn.
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New rule could slash nicotine levels in tobacco products
The Biden administration is poised to try to lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products, an eleventh-hour effort that’s been years in the making. The move would give the White Hou…
thehill.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes would be a major step forward in reducing the catastrophic health toll smoking still takes on Americans. Which is why tobacco companies will fight it at every turn.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com/policy/healt...
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For some ongoing work we pulled together the most complete datasets we could find disease by disease, and sure enough, the map looks different. Only reason Europe and Canada aren’t full of points: we couldn’t chase down the data. Spillover is a global problem www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
For some ongoing work we pulled together the most complete datasets we could find disease by disease, and sure enough, the map looks different. Only reason Europe and Canada aren’t full of points: we couldn’t chase down the data. Spillover is a global problem www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We’re on the cusp of the next pandemic starting in the USA, and journalists are still cherry-picking data to tell this tired, racist story about spillover being a problem of the Global South (because scientists keep telling them that story) www.ft.com/content/a714...
January 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We’re on the cusp of the next pandemic starting in the USA, and journalists are still cherry-picking data to tell this tired, racist story about spillover being a problem of the Global South (because scientists keep telling them that story) www.ft.com/content/a714...
The links between alcohol and cancer are increasingly clear. The public should know about these risks and, while the industry will fight against them, warning labels would be a great place to start. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US surgeon general urges cancer warnings for alcoholic drinks
Alcoholic drinks should carry a warning about cancer risks on their label, the U.S. Surgeon General said in a move that could signal a shift towards more aggressive tobacco-style regulation for the sector.
www.reuters.com
January 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The links between alcohol and cancer are increasingly clear. The public should know about these risks and, while the industry will fight against them, warning labels would be a great place to start. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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A new Yale study estimates that raising the age for tobacco sales to 21 could avert more than 525,000 deaths, more than double prior estimates.
Tobacco 21 policies could avert more than half a million premature deaths
A new study led by Yale researchers with the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) Lung Working Group has determined that the NAM
ysph.yale.edu
January 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A new Yale study estimates that raising the age for tobacco sales to 21 could avert more than 525,000 deaths, more than double prior estimates.
The gov of Bangladesh found that British American Tobacco evaded about $44 million in taxes over the past four fiscal years. In keeping with its "Better Tomorrow" mantra, BAT sold cigarettes at higher prices than it reported to tax authorities. www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/c...
NBR finds Tk380cr VAT evasion by BAT Bangladesh across 4 fiscal years
During an investigation, the NBR’s Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU-VAT) discovered that the company violated rules by selling its products at prices higher than those reported to the revenue authority earli...
www.tbsnews.net
January 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The gov of Bangladesh found that British American Tobacco evaded about $44 million in taxes over the past four fiscal years. In keeping with its "Better Tomorrow" mantra, BAT sold cigarettes at higher prices than it reported to tax authorities. www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/c...
A regulatory agency in Ukraine found that Philip Morris Ukraine's claims about the lower risk of IQOS compared to cigarettes are inaccurate. The agency told them to stop disseminating inaccurate information i.e. stop lying. en.interfax.com.ua/news/economi...
Philip Morris Ukraine will comply with AMCU instructions, strengthen consumer info about tobacco heating systems
Tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris Ukraine welcomes the completion of the study by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU), which confirms the veracity of the information about the properties of ...
en.interfax.com.ua
January 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A regulatory agency in Ukraine found that Philip Morris Ukraine's claims about the lower risk of IQOS compared to cigarettes are inaccurate. The agency told them to stop disseminating inaccurate information i.e. stop lying. en.interfax.com.ua/news/economi...
Tobacco companies claim they don't market nicotine pouches like Zyn and Velo to kids but there are a lot of young people using them. Once they are of legal age and hooked on nicotine, Philip Morris Intl and BAT will be happy for them to smoke. edition.cnn.com/2024/12/30/h...
For young users, tobacco packets like Zyn are a nicotine trend that just won’t quit | CNN
Tiny packets of nicotine have quickly become a big problem for parents and schools.
edition.cnn.com
January 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Tobacco companies claim they don't market nicotine pouches like Zyn and Velo to kids but there are a lot of young people using them. Once they are of legal age and hooked on nicotine, Philip Morris Intl and BAT will be happy for them to smoke. edition.cnn.com/2024/12/30/h...
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I’m coming up on @cnbc.com where I’ll be discussing H5N1 bird flu. This remains a low probability risk but a potentially high impact event we have to take more steps to help mitigate. This includes broadening range of anti viral drugs in the stockpile and developing vaccines specific for this strain
December 30, 2024 at 10:07 PM
I’m coming up on @cnbc.com where I’ll be discussing H5N1 bird flu. This remains a low probability risk but a potentially high impact event we have to take more steps to help mitigate. This includes broadening range of anti viral drugs in the stockpile and developing vaccines specific for this strain
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🚬Big Tobacco Alert: Philip Morris International’s deceptive moves to promote "smoke-free" products in Africa aren’t about health—they’re about market expansion. By targeting regions w/ low smoking rates, PMI aims to create new dependencies, not solve them. Read more: african.business/2024/12/trad...
Tobacco giant PMI aims for cheaper smoke-free products in Africa
The owner of Marlboro outside the US and Canada wants smoke-free products to account for two-thirds of total revenue by 2030.
african.business
December 30, 2024 at 7:25 PM
🚬Big Tobacco Alert: Philip Morris International’s deceptive moves to promote "smoke-free" products in Africa aren’t about health—they’re about market expansion. By targeting regions w/ low smoking rates, PMI aims to create new dependencies, not solve them. Read more: african.business/2024/12/trad...
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On efforts by experts in the DRC & WHO to track down the cause of an outbreak that has infected 394 people – with up to 74 dead – in the remote village Panzi
With @paulnuki.bsky.social @maevecullinan.bsky.social @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
With @paulnuki.bsky.social @maevecullinan.bsky.social @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Into the unknown: Crack WHO team journeys deep into the Congo to identify mystery killer
Their urgent mission is to find out what is killing swathes of people in one of the most remote parts of the world
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 7, 2024 at 12:19 AM
On efforts by experts in the DRC & WHO to track down the cause of an outbreak that has infected 394 people – with up to 74 dead – in the remote village Panzi
With @paulnuki.bsky.social @maevecullinan.bsky.social @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
With @paulnuki.bsky.social @maevecullinan.bsky.social @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...