Philip Morris International ends funding commitment to the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World with final US$122.5 million grant
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Philip Morris International ends funding commitment to the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World with final US$122.5 million grant, Tobacco Tactics, updated 20 October 2023, accessed 11 April 2024.
Philip Morris International (PMI) has terminated its longstanding funding pledge agreement with the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW), an organisation that recent TCRG research described as a an “industry-influenced scientific lobby group”. PMI has given FSFW a final lump sum payment of $US122.5 million, enough to fund the Foundation at its current annual funding value until 2029.
FSFW announced the news in a press release on 12th October 2023, which also announced the appointment of Clifford E. Douglas as the new President and CEO of the Foundation.
For more information visit the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World and Foundation for a Smoke-Free World People pages on Tobacco Tactics.
Read the paper:
Legg, B. Clift, A.B. Gilmore, Document analysis of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World’s scientific outputs and activities: a case study in contemporary tobacco industry agnogenesis, Tobacco Control, Published Online First: 03 May 2023. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057667
