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10A.7 Mechanisms of influence—political lobbying
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Relevant news and research: Mechanisms of influence—political lobbying

Lay, K. (2025). ‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK. The Guardian. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/13/british-american-tobacco-africa-zambia-uk


Peruga, A., Fernandez, R., Rodriguez-Lozano, F., Nerin, I., Cordoba, R., Tigova, O. and Fernandez, E. (2025). Regulator's Trojan horse: the tobacco industry's advisory council institutionalised within the government in Spain. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41184106


Douglass, T. (2025). Tobacco industry's pre-emption tactics rebuffed: a win for health equity-for now. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41072953


Espiner, G. (2025). Casey Costello breached rules by giving tobacco industry-friendly document to health officials. Radio New Zealand. Available from: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/573271/casey-costello-breached-rules-by-giving-tobacco-industry-friendly-document-to-health-officials


Espiner, G. (2025). Alleged ties between NZ First and vaping companies a 'dangerous risk' to New Zealanders, anti-vape group warns. Radio New Zealand. Available from:


Espiner, G. (2025). Nicotine lobbyists said Winston Peters was 'very powerful' and 'very industry friendly'. Radio New Zealand. Available from:


Hoek, J., Waa, A., Edwards, R., Gregan, M. J. and Graham-DeMello, A. (2025). Looking back and planning ahead: the tobacco endgame and controlling tobacco industry interference in Aotearoa New Zealand. J R Soc N Z, 5, 1190-1208. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40718042


Wakefield, T. D., Iniguez, R., Bialous, S., Ling, P. and Apollonio, D. E. (2025). Tobacco industry efforts to harness the voice and influence of community organisations. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40681343


Whitehall, R. (2025). Penny Mordaunt takes job advising one of the world's largest tobacco firms. The Guardian. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/10/penny-mordaunt-takes-job-advising-one-of-the-worlds-largest-tobacco-firms


Kehoe, T. J., Varnava, A. and Greenhalgh, E. (2025). British Imperial Legacies and Tobacco Power: Interrogating Connections Between Colonial Histories and Corporate Influence Over Modern Tobacco Control Measures. Social History of Medicine, hkae056. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkae056


O'Doherty (2025). Teal candidate's 'Big Tobacco' links revealed. The Daily Telegraph. Available from:


Australian Electoral Commission (2025). Annual Donor Returns 2023-24. . Available from: https://transparency.aec.gov.au/AnnualDonor


Braznell, S., Laurence, L., Fitzpatrick, I. and Gilmore, A. (2024). Philip Morris International's attempts to influence science and policy in Japan. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39719883


Earlier news and research

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