Welcome to season two of Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco, the podcast where we explore the tactics used by the tobacco industry as it pursues profit over health.

In this extra special episode we are out of the recording studio and in the streets of London to learn about how deep the roots of the tobacco industry are embedded in the British capital. Phil Chamberlain joins Louis to explore the close links between tobacco and British imperialism, how the industry still has its place in the modern city and how lobbying groups continue to influence public health policy.

Phil Chamberlain is Project Manager of the Tobacco Control Research Group and was previously Managing Editor of the group’s Tobacco Tactics platform. Phil has a background in investigative journalism, specialising in social justice issues including surveillance and big business.

Locations:

1. Tobacco Dock, Wapping
2. 22 New Bond Street
3. Globe House, Temple Place
4. Ship and Shovell pub, Craven Passage
5. 55 Tufton Street
6. Institute of Economic Affairs, Lord North Street
7. House of Commons

Sources used include:

• The BAT Files - Tobacco Tactics
• Philip Morris International - Tobacco Tactics
• British American Tobacco - Tobacco Tactics
• Institute of Economic Affairs - Tobacco Tactics
• Tobacco Industry Interference with Endgame Policies - Tobacco Tactics
• Tobacco Industry Responses to Public Consultations in the UK - Tobacco Tactics
• Diplomats Lobbying for Tobacco Companies - Tobacco Tactics
• Tory peer proposed delay on heated tobacco ban after Philip Morris visit

Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. It is hosted by Louis Laurence, produced by Kate White and edited by Sacha Goodwin. The production manager is Jacqueline Oliver.

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