Tobacco giant Philip Morris is quietly funding an "anti-smoking" foundation offering $1 billion in "grants" to public health leaders

atl · December 15, 2017, 9:58pm

Wasn’t part of the settlements with Big Tobacco back in the day to create things exactly like this to provide grant money for various public health / anti-smoking initiatives? Unless I’m mistaken, they’re obliged to do this.

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Tobacco giant Philip Morris is quietly funding an "anti-smoking" foundation offering $1 billion in "grants" to public health leaders

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