Matthew Chapman

Apr 22, 2024 | theexamination.org | Matthew Chapman

The Kenyan government is proposing new graphic health warnings for nicotine pouches to increase awareness of the potential risks of the products as they gain popularity among the country’s youth. The proposals for the new labels follow a joint investigation by The Examination, Africa Uncensored and The Guardian that found the government had previously weakened health warnings on the pouches after British American Tobacco threatened to pull investment from a new factory in the country’s capital.

Mar 22, 2024 | theexamination.org | Matthew Chapman |Billy Kenber

This story was produced in collaboration with The Times. A British public health official responsible for vaping policy dined with e-cigarette maker Juul and advised the company on how to launch its products in the U.K., internal Juul documents show.

Jan 22, 2024 | theexamination.org | Matthew Chapman |Thomas Mukhwana |Sarah Marsh

This story is published in partnership with Africa Uncensored and The Guardian. The Kenyan government weakened health warnings on nicotine pouches after British American Tobacco threatened to pull investment from a new factory it had promised to build in the country’s capital, an investigation by The Examination, Africa Uncensored and The Guardian has found.

Nov 28, 2023 | theexamination.org | Matthew Chapman

New Zealand will repeal a trailblazing smoking ban designed to prevent new generations from taking up cigarettes as part of a deal struck by right-wing political parties forming a new coalition government. The , which had not yet taken effect, would have prevented the sale of smoked tobacco products to anyone born after 2008. Its defeat comes as a disappointment to the public health community, which has promoted it as a roadmap for other countries to emulate.

Oct 5, 2023 | theexamination.org | Matthew Chapman

Tobacco giant Philip Morris wielded a vast pro-tobacco “propaganda” campaign that violated public health law, a new French lawsuit alleges. Despite a ban on tobacco advertising in France, Philip Morris’s French subsidiary used its ‘smoke-free world’ slogan to mask its online promotion of its cigarette and heated tobacco business, according to the lawsuit, which was filed in Paris last month by the Comité National contre le Tabagisme, a French anti-smoking advocacy organization.