Public context pages for Tobacco Nexus. These resources explain the companies, products, lobbying tactics, research structures and transparency issues behind the private database.
Who owns the tobacco industry — Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International, Imperial Brands and Altria.
Read → Start here MethodologyHow Tobacco Nexus selects, categorises and sources entries — and what inclusion in the database does and does not mean.
Read → Start here FCTC Article 5.3Why governments are expected to protect public health policies from tobacco-industry interference.
Read →Marlboro, IQOS, ZYN, VEEV, Swedish Match and PMI’s influence network.
Read → Company profiles British American TobaccoVuse, Velo, glo, Reynolds American and BAT’s New Categories strategy.
Read → Company profiles Japan Tobacco InternationalWinston, Camel, Ploom, Logic, Nordic Spirit and JT Group structure.
Read → Company profiles Imperial Brandsblu, Pulze, Zone X, ITG Brands and Imperial’s challenger strategy.
Read → Company profiles Altria GroupPhilip Morris USA, Marlboro, NJOY, on! and US tobacco politics.
Read →Direct lobbying, research funding, FCTC Article 5.3, trade litigation, illicit trade narratives and digital tactics.
Read → Influence tactics Third-party tobacco influenceHow third-party organisations, funding structures and disclosure issues can shape tobacco policy debates.
Read → Influence tactics Tobacco-funded researchScience, conflicts of interest, FSFW/GAES and the use of product evidence in policy debates.
Read →Which vape brands are owned by tobacco companies, and why ownership matters for regulation and public trust.
Read → Product strategies Big Tobacco and nicotine pouchesZYN, VELO, Nordic Spirit, on!, Zone X and the new oral nicotine market.
Read → Product strategies Heated tobacco productsIQOS, glo, Ploom and Pulze — and why heated tobacco is not vaping.
Read →Tobacco Nexus documents over 2,950 entities connected to these five corporations — subsidiaries, lobbyists, researchers, third-party groups and allied organisations — in a searchable, filterable database.