linkedin post 2015-01-02 06:14:51

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TANGLED WEB. "Corporate diversification leads to a network of holding companies, parent companies, and subsidiaries that are financially connected but operate seemingly independently" and also serve to obscure the corporate ties." http://whyquit.com/studies/2004Pharma_Tobacco_Financial_Ties.pdf View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-01-02 06:09:52

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PHARMA DIVERSIFICATION. "In Sweden, the company Niconovum was founded in 2000 to provide clean nicotine products, offering nicotine gum, a nicotine mouth spray, and Snus, Swedish smokeless tobacco." In 2009, it was purchased by US tobacco giant RJ Reynolds. " "Demons: Our changing attitudes to alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. By Virginia Berridge View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-01-02 06:03:44

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MOVE TOWARDS E-CIGARETTES. "The year 2013 saw a flurry of tobacco company investment in e-cigarettes, both in the UK and in the US. This trend continued into 2014. These included deals and initiatives by BAT, Lorillard, Japan Tobacco, Imperial, Philip Morris, and RJ Reynolds." https://lnkd.in/dqBuGgc View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-01-01 07:48:52

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A THIRD CASE: Procorida AB was the holding company for Pharmacia AB (Swedish Tobacco Company) and Pinkerton Tobacco Company. "By ... sharing technology among its pharmaceutical and tobacco holdings, Procordia AB had the potential to benefit financially from creating an addiction through tobacco sales that could then be treated" by NRTs. https://lnkd.in/d8VgiAE View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-01-01 07:43:49

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"A SECOND CASE STUDY documents exchanges between CIBA-Geigy (now Novartis) and Phillip Morris. CIBA-Geigy had been a "major supplier" of pesticides to Phillip Morris ... but when CIBA-Geigy released its nicotine patch Habitrol in 1991, the tobacco company was moved to "help" CIBA-Geigy "devise more appropriate advertising" for the product." https://lnkd.in/d8VgiAE View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-01-01 07:41:28

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"ONE CASE STUDY showed that Marion Merrell Dow, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company and manufacturer of Nicorette® gum, canceled its Smoking Cessation Newsletter to physicians after tobacco giant Phillip Morris threatened to cancel its regular purchase of humectants from Dow Chemical." http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/786012 View in LinkedIn
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