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 06:14:51

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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 2015-01-03 05:54:09

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PHARMA AND TOBACCO. "Large pharmaceutical companies are major funders of anti-smoking lobby groups. The same firms manufacture the products used in Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and stand to gain when governments recommend this approach to smoking cessation." https://lnkd.in/dCDh7vY View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-01-03 05:56:38

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DIVERSIFICATION'S BULLY PULPIT. "The tobacco industry has used its financial ties to pressure a variety of industries to oppose tobacco control." This was particularly true of pressure on pharmaceutical companies selling NRTs, including ongoing threats, and interference with NRT advertising content, and cessation of anti-smoking campaign support. https://lnkd.in/d3HZszU View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-01-03 05:58:52

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WELSH COAL was subsidized to dig and create slag heaps, and then subsidized to remove and beautify these ugly stains on the UK countryside. A stunning development at British American Tobacco suggests that they are adopting a similar tactic with a NRT strategy. The implications for Big Tobacco are enormous, at least in the developed world. View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-01-03 06:00:32

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ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS (ENDS): "The use of ENDS is apparently booming. It is estimated that in 2014 there were 466 brands and that in 2013 US$ 3 billion was spent on ENDS globally. Sales are forecasted to increase by a factor of 17 by 2030." The WHO Report 2014. https://lnkd.in/d2e7-yr View in LinkedIn
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