For one, 1998's Master Settlement Agreement, which was signed by 46 states (via Truth Initiative), banned transit and billboard ads for tobacco products, as well as cigarette maker sponsorships for major concerts and other events, and advertising tactics that target underage consumers, including the use of cartoon characters or mascots such as Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man
Under that treaty, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, China pledged to enact a national indoor smoking ban, a measure that researchers say both protects people from second-hand smoke, and makes smoking less socially acceptable
Moore turned over a 1963 memorandum by the companys general counsel stating that Brown & Williamson was selling nicotine, an addictive drug.[16] Because the documents contradicted testimony given the prior month by Brown & Williamson CEO Thomas Sandefur, the subcommittee scheduled a hearing to recall him
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