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Philip Morris-sponsored articles in the Australian could breach tobacco advertising laws – The Guardian
Anti-smoking campaigners say the tobacco giant is using the articles to try to weaken bans on nicotine e-cigarettes and e-juice
A series of Philip Morris-sponsored articles about vaping published in the Australian may breach national tobacco advertising promotion laws, public health advocates have said.
The chief executive of the Australian Council on Smoking and Health, Maurice Swanson, said he would ask the commonwealth health department whether the articles breached the Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992.
ACOSH believes these sponsored articles are advertising and clearly breach Australias national tobacco advertising…
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