Philip Morris International’s “Foundation for a Smoke-Free World”: The More Things Change; The More They Stay the Same

On September 13, 2017, Philip Morris International (“PMI”) announced a pledge of $80 million dollars a year for 12 years beginning in 2018 for the creation of its latest “independent” research effort, the “Foundation for a Smoke-Free World” (“FSFW”). If this sounds familiar, it is because it is the same strategy and same tactic that PMI and the other tobacco companies have used for over 60 years.