María Pérez
@maria-perez.bsky.social
Investigative reporter/reportera de investigaciones about global public health at @examinationnews.bsky.social. Hablo español et je peux me débrouiller en français. Tips?: maria@theexamination.org
Governments in 21 countries have sued the tobacco industry for the health costs of smoking - and only two have seen any money New story from @maria-perez.bsky.social breaks down how the tobacco industry has avoided paying up
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Governments in the U.S. and Canada went to court and got tobacco companies to pay for smoking-related diseases. Many other lawsuits have failed.
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A confidential contract between tobacco giant Imperial Brands and Laos froze cigarette taxes for 25 years, keeping prices low in a country with high smoking rates, while secretly enriching a relative of the then prime minister @jasonmclure.bsky.social www.theexamination.org/articles/how...
Imperial Brands' confidential deal with Laotian government - low cigarette prices and an enriched insider
The deal delivered millions to an in-law of the former president, Bounnhang Vorachit, while blocking tobacco tax hikes for 25 years.
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The Trump administration’s cuts to the CDC threat anti-smoking efforts in the U.S. and in some of the poorest countries in the world, disrupting youth surveys and tobacco control programs. W/ @mattchapman.bsky.social & @ashleyokwuosa.bsky.social www.theexamination.org/articles/tru...
Trump’s cuts jeopardize crucial tobacco trends data in the US and beyond
The sudden shutdown of the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health endangers a range of tobacco control programs stateside and surveys around the world.
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The Philippines is chairing the World Health Assembly for the first time – but public health organizations are calling on @who.int to revoke its role over ties between Filipino officials and tobacco giant Phillip Morris International. #WHA78 🧵 www.theexamination.org/articles/how...
How industry capture of Filipino officials helped deadlock global tobacco control negotiations
A presidential agenda, pro-industry proposals and a probe — documents reveal Big Tobacco’s influence in the Philippines and on the international stage.
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Top government officials in the Philippines sought to protect the tobacco industry’s economic interests at one of the most important global health gatherings, a conference that aims at reducing tobacco use —and deaths. With @mattchapman.bsky.social www.theexamination.org/articles/how...
How industry capture of Filipino officials helped deadlock global tobacco control negotiations
A presidential agenda, pro-industry proposals and a probe — documents reveal Big Tobacco’s influence in the Philippines and on the international stage.
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NEW: The fossil fuel industry and its allies are seeking to roll back workers’ freedom to choose socially conscious "ESG" retirement plans Trump's Energy Secretary Chris Wright has played a key role For @theexamination.org & @gristnews.bsky.social www.theexamination.org/articles/tru...
Trump’s energy secretary pushed legal attack on green investing
Former fracking company CEO Chris Wright played a key role in efforts to roll back workers’ choices in socially conscious ESG investing.
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"Feels like walking through a graveyard" Recently fired FDA tobacco regulators describe the mayhem in their critically needed unit Powerful work by my colleagues @mattchapman.bsky.social @jasonmclure.bsky.social @maria-perez.bsky.social www.theexamination.org/articles/mas...
Mass firings hit US tobacco regulators overwhelmed with thousands of new products
The FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, which is not taxpayer-funded, oversees an industry whose products kill nearly half a million Americans each year.
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Excited to share a new investigation... Banks have poured $286 billion in a lax form of green loans into polluting industries like fossil fuels and mining. With the Toronto Star & Mississippi Today, published with AP & supported by Pulitzer Center www.theexamination.org/articles/how...
How mega-polluters take advantage of billions in green loans
Banks poured $286 billion into corporations linked to deforestation and polluting industries like fossil fuels and mining through a lax type of green finance called sustainability-linked loans.
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From watermelon Marlboros to berry Luckies, the tobacco industry is leaning in on flavor capsule cigarettes in Latin America. Banned in the EU and other countries, they are a hit among young people. To read more: shorturl.at/oGrqs Take a look here shorturl.at/uzXBr @examinationnews.bsky.social
Fruity 'click' cigarettes a hit with Latin American teens amid 'constant' industry lobbying
Companies release watermelon Marlboros, blueberry-menthol Luckies despite “smoke-free” promises.
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¿Sabías que los cigarros con "click" arrasan entre los adolescentes? Les ponen sabores de fantasía como sandía o mentol-arándano, que atraen especialmente a los jóvenes y los enganchan Te lo cuento con mis amigos de @examinationnews.bsky.social y Salud con lupa www.labot.cl/cigarrillos-...
Cigarrillos 'click' con sabores frutales arrasan entre adolescentes de América Latina - LaBot
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First post here! Watermelon Marlboros and blueberry Luckies: PMI & BAT have been releasing cigarettes in kid-friendly fruit and mint flavors in Latin America. Young people say they make it easier to start lighting up. theexamination.org/articles/fru... @examinationnews.bsky.social
Fruity 'click' cigarettes a hit with Latin American teens amid 'constant' industry lobbying
Companies release watermelon Marlboros, blueberry-menthol Luckies despite “smoke-free” promises
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