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Philip Morris gets its ash kicked in Uruguay; where will it next blow smoke?

  • Written by Eric Crosbie, Postdoctoral Fellow in Tobacco Control, University of California, San Francisco

Philip Morris International just lost a six-year battle to block Uruguay’s strong cigarette warning labels, which cover 80 percent of the front and back of cigarette packs, including graphic photos of the damages of smoking.

The decision was made by the World Bank’s trade tribunal, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment...

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