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Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Reporting Reveals Big Tobacco Threatened Spain With Multibillion-Dollar Suit to Block Lifesaving Plain Packaging for Cigarettes
August 08, 2026
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2026, by Smita Baruah, executive vice president of global tobacco control:

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New Reporting Reveals Big Tobacco Threatened Spain with Multibillion-Dollar Suit to Block Lifesaving Plain Packaging for Cigarettes

Investigative reporting from Spain has revealed that the world's largest tobacco companies including Philip Morris International and British Ame . . .

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