Philip Morris

Philip Morris Creates TASSC Front Group, Exporting Tobacco Doubt Tactics to Climate Denial

1993-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

In 1993, Philip Morris tobacco company created The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC) through PR firm APCO Associates as a front group to challenge evidence linking secondhand smoke to disease. TASSC became a critical bridge between tobacco industry doubt-manufacturing tactics and …

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Tobacco Industry 'Operation Berkshire' and global coordination to resist smoking regulation

1976-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Major multinational tobacco companies secretly coordinated a long-running strategy to resist regulation and scientific consensus on smoking harms—an effort known as ‘Operation Berkshire.’ Internal documents and litigation disclosures show executives met in the late 1970s (including a …

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