The French daily Le Monde published on April 14 an article ( full access reserved to subscribers) focusing on the Foundation, under the title "The secret war of Philip Morris against WHO and the tobacco control experts', subtitle "The main cigarette manufacturer has created a foundation to lift the limitations to lobbying by the industry and promote alternatives to cigarettes." Here a link to an automatic translation in English. Apparently Derek declined an interview (why?) but provided a statement (not posted yet on the Foundation's site). Did he think of inviting the journalist to his podcast? That would have been interesting. Declining to engage journalists is never a good option.
There is not that much new info in the article but we learn that Brian Erkkila who used to be with the FDA before joining FSFW, just left for Swedish Match. He is replaced in the position of Health Science and Technology Officer by William R True (linkedin profile not updated yet). He worked for 13 years for Lorillard, as Sr Vice president, Research and Development (2002-2015).
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