Abstract

Big Tobacco
Schapiro, Mark | May 6, 2002 issue

add to cart   close window

The article focuses on the multibillion dollar smuggling network in the tobacco industry which has landed Philip Morris Inc. and British American Tobacco Co. Ltd. (BAT) to the U.S. courts. It details the authors journey to the province of La Guajira in Colombia, infamous for smuggling exports to the United States. Deploying mass advertising and discount marketing and providing favorable financing terms to the distributors in the battle for market share were the tactics used by both BAT and Morris. Evidences found in February indicates that the profits from smuggling have gone to finance terrorist groups in Iraq and elsewhere and moreover the World Health Organization has come to see smuggling as a major public health issue.

See Also:

TOBACCO industry; SMUGGLING -- Investigation; BRITISH American Tobacco Co. Ltd.; PHILIP Morris International Management SA; PUBLIC health; UNITED States
ARCHIVE HOME
Pricing
Articles are sold in 'packs,' which are priced as follows:

1 for 2.95
4 for 9.95
10 for 19.95
50 for 34.95
300 for 149.95
Refund Policy
Sales of archive individual articles, full issues or article packs are final and no refunds will be issued.
Access for libraries
help
Search
Browse
Sample Article

In Your Cart

Your cart is empty.

My Articles

You must be logged in to view your articles.

User name

Password

I don't have a login.

I forgot my user name/password.
Advertisement
Advertisement

Blogs

» The Beat

House Passes Health Reform, But Without Reproductive Rights | Pelosi secures necessary votes, but only after allowing anti-choice Dems to bar access to abortion in new programs.
John Nichols
187 Comments

» Editor's Cut

Around The Nation | Obama, one year on. Plus: Jeremy Scahill takes your questions, and a new video series from The Nation.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
38 Comments

» The Notion

Injustice in Illinois | Prosecutors in Illinois should be more concerned with an innocent man behind bars than journalism students' grades.
Ari Berman
31 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Obama Fails in Middle East | Clinton delivers the ultimate diss to Abbas.
Robert Dreyfuss
170 Comments

» Act Now!

Equality Across America | This week, young LBGT activists are staging a National Week of Initiative.
Peter Rothberg
16 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Thursday | Dying laptops, recapping the election, the Dow, and the Yankees with the World Series.
Eric Alterman