"… eveloped nations, have underwritten an array of efforts to delay or derail smoking reforms in developing nations, ranging from hard-nosed lobbying and lawsui …"

"… onger king."It is no longer profitable to produce tobacco in Mexico," says Horacio Mackinlay, a researcher at the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico City, wh …"

"… treaty that calls for limiting the role of the tobacco industry in how no-smoking advertising and excise-tax rules are shaped.“The guidelines do not prohi …"

"… how nations can comply with controversial treaty provisions like providing smoking cessation programs. Delegates, some representing industry interests and to …"

"… ing a political prisoner during the country’s dirty wars got him to stop smoking. “As punishment, they would deny me cigarettes.” What Uguguay’s junt …"

"… ut in five decades of fighting public health advocates over the dangers of smoking, the industry has proven time and again to be an effective brawler when it …"

"… the middle of a contentious fight with the tobacco industry over proposed smoking controls. Over the past decade, multinational tobacco firms have incr …"

"… nations. Their goals seem clear enough to public health experts: derail no-smoking laws and advertising prohibitions in countries rich with potential new smo …"

"… ts.” The growth in emerging markets is helping keep global rates of smoking on an upward curve. Despite Big Tobacco’s reputation and challenges by g …"

"… tobacco companies to resolve litigation over escalating Medicaid costs for smoking-related health care.But Stanford professor Jeremy Bulow calls the lucrativ …"

"… mmended that 30 percent of the revenue go to programs to prevent kids from smoking and to help smokers quit.But cash-strapped states this year will spend jus …"

"… .But cash-strapped states this year will spend just $517.9 million on anti-smoking programs, a 28 percent decline in the past three years, according to the C …"

"… otect their profits. Soon after British researcher Sir Richard Doll linked smoking with lung cancer in 1950, tobacco companies embarked on a concerted campai …"

"… nternal tobacco company documents have been at the heart of health-related smoking claims in recent years. Millions of documents were placed on websites and …"

"… ment of legal actions in the United States several years ago.Lawyers, anti-smoking and public health groups have trawled through the records with a fine-toot …"

"… that would assist seriously ill smokers in proving that the companies knew smoking caused lung cancer and that nicotine was addictive.Justice Eames found tha …"

"… . Roman Shleynov contributed to this report. …"

"… work behind-the-scenes to derail public health campaigns designed to stem smoking-related deaths and illnesses. But in Russia, the industry has more than a …"

"… tory system hijacked by an industry intent on diluting tougher controls on smoking. Among the findings:Tobacco companies in Russia have long been financial b …"

"… oups and the agencies that oversee them.The country’s principal rules on smoking and tobacco advertising were drafted by tobacco lobbyists working with an …"

"… ally in developing countries, as the world imposes tougher restrictions on smoking. Uruguay, with just 3.5 million people, might seem an unlikely arena for B …"

"… public health treaty, which calls for strict controls on the industry and smoking. Hundreds of health officials, diplomats, anti-smoking activists, and toba …"

"… on the industry and smoking. Hundreds of health officials, diplomats, anti-smoking activists, and tobacco industry executives will gather in the resort city …"

"… By 2009, that number had dropped to 25 percent .Vázquez ordered a ban on smoking in all enclosed spaces except private homes, and moved to fully comply wit …"