adult tobacco survey Global (GATS) Fact sheet: Ukraine 2017 Tobacco Product Use Among Adults

Tobacco industry documents indicate that loyal retailers often act as a detection system for local tobacco control efforts, giving tobacco manufacturers early indication of possible legal battles for them to defeat before efforts are passed into law.45 46 According to research published after our search, some contracts are specific to certain products (ie, smokeless tobacco),53 54 are publicly acknowledged,55 and use mobile technology to promote brand loyalty.55 Rather than kept secret, one study found that some retailers in Indonesia advertised their participation in retailer incentive programmes.55 Results in context Our findings are similar to those in the Deadly Alliance Report56 which investigated the relationship between manufacturers and retailers, finding that the two work together to undermine tobacco control policy efforts

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