Eye on the tobacco industry
An update on current Canadian tobacco industry activities
April-June 2009
Imperial Tobacco Canada attempts to
‘greenwash’ its packaging
Attempts by Imperial Tobacco Canada to
advertise its new “environmentally friendly”
cigarette packaging were met with ridicule in
May. The company was lambasted in the
Toronto Star, in an article written by the
newspaper’s environment reporter, after ads for
its du Maurier cigarettes appeared in numerous
publications across Canada.
The ad, published in Toronto Life and People
magazines, free entertainment weeklies and in
bar bathrooms, say “We have updated our
packaging to reduce its impact on the
environment.” The ad says that Imperial has
replaced foil wrapping with paper and that its
cardboard packaging now “meets standards
supporting sustainable forest management.” But
commentators in the Star were not buying it.
Gideon Forman of The Canadian Association of
Physicians for the Environment found the move
laughable:
Is it green washing? Yes. Are they
making a product that is still toxic to
people’s health? Yes. So they are
now making a product with a little bit
more paper. Big deal.1
A comprehensive definition of “greenwashing”
is provided by the SourceWatch Encyclopedia:
Greenwashing is the unjustified
appropriation of environmental virtue
by a company… to create a pro-
environmental image, sell a product
or a policy, or to try and rehabilitate
their standing with the public and
decision makers after being
embroiled in controversy.2
A new ad for du Maurier
cigarettes highlights Imperial
Tobacco Canada’s attempts
to “greenwash” its new
packaging. The size of some
of the text in the ad has been
enlarged and superimposed
on a photo of the original ad.
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Imperial’s greenwashing may be related to a
growing chorus of voices which are demanding
action on cigarette butt litter.3 A recent
newsletter by the David Suzuki Foundation, a
well-known science-based Canadian
environmental organization, noted that:
From start to finish, cigarettes are bad
for the environment. Tobacco
production uses land that could
support food crops or forests, and
pesticides used on tobacco farms
harm workers and pollute the soil and
water. An incredible amount of fuel is
needed to dry tobacco…. At least 4.5
trillion non-biodegradable filter
cigarette butts are discarded around
the world every year.4
By trying to portray itself as an
environmentally responsible corporate citizen,
Imperial may be attempting to get “out front”
on the issue, before the chorus of voices
demanding action on tobacco-product-related
litter becomes a roar which governments can no
longer ignore.
Municipal governments in several North
American jurisdictions have begun to address
the issue. City officials in Ville Marie, a
downtown borough of Montreal, have begun
enforcing a two-year-old public cleanliness
bylaw there and are issuing $169 tickets to
smokers who discard their cigarette butts on
streets and sidewalks.5 Mayors of both
Edmonton and San Francisco have recently said
it would be worthwhile to levy a tax on tobacco
products to help offset the clean-up costs
related to cigarette butts.6 7
Attempts to give themselves a green sheen are
not uncommon among tobacco companies. The
industry has surely noticed an upswing in
concern for the environment by citizens in
Canada and around the world, largely due to
scientific findings related to climate change.
For example, annual reports to shareholders by
Japan Tobacco (and other multi-nationals) have
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detailed the company’s efforts to reduce the
greenhouse gas emissions associated with its
operations.8
Most people aren’t fooled, however, and are
seeing through the green sheen. The headline in
the Star article says it all: “Smokes: First you’ll
feel green, and then you’ll die.”
Cigarette butt litter is just one more example of
the externalities tobacco manufacturers impose
on society and governments. The billions of
dollars in health care costs associated with
treating people suffering and dying from
tobacco-caused diseases is another obvious
example.
Tobacco companies fear monger after
federal government announces plan to
ban flavoured cigarillos
Proposed legislation introduced in the House of
Commons in May by Minister of Health Leona
Aglukkaq, which would ban flavourings in
cigarillos, had Canada’s largest importer of the
products fear mongering.
Minister of
Health Leona
Aglukkaq
moved to ban
fruit and
candy
flavourings in
cigarillos.
In an April press release, Montreal-based Casa
Cubana claimed Bill C-32, Cracking Down on
Tobacco Marketing Aimed at Youth Act, will
“hurt Canadians and the economy.”9 Company
spokesperson Luc Martial said the Bill would
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lead to job losses and flavoured cigarillos Bill C-32 could ‘seriously curtail’ production in
showing up on the contraband tobacco market, Quebec City, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges says
where violent criminal networks would stand to
gain. Indeed, products regularly imported by In June, Philip Morris International’s (PMI)
Casa Cubana have recently shown up in RCMP Canadian subsidiary said Bill C-32 could
seizures of smuggled, contraband cigarillos.10 11 seriously curtail production, resulting in job
losses at its Quebec City factory, which
Martial said employs 300 people.14
Minister Aglukkaq
held a press Unionized employees of the Rothmans, Benson
conference related & Hedges (RBH) factory protested both the
to the bill, where Canadian government’s inclusion of a ban on
she was basking in flavourings used in burley tobacco and the
the glow “of well- Quebec government’s silence on the issue.15 16
respected health
agencies and
fearless paid-to-hate
anti-tobacco
groups.” He said the
government has
Luc Martial provided no
evidence to support
its claims that candy and fruit flavoured
cigarillos are appealing to and widely used by
young people.

In a June press release, Martial and Casa

Cubana asked the federal government for a
bail-out:
This bail-out sought, however is not Members of the Baker, Confectioners, Tobacco
one which will cost Canadians, but Workers and Grain Millers Union protest Bill
rather benefit them – by asking C-32 in Ottawa June 19th.
government not for money, but rather
honesty, integrity and
RBH imports burley tobacco from various
accountability.12
countries, including the United States, to
manufacture “American-blend” cigarettes such
Appearing before the Standing Committee on
as Rooftop (Marlboro), Carreras, Gitanes and
Health (HESA) on June 11, following Second
Gauloises brands. The company said in a
Reading of the bill, Martial claimed he was a
statement that flavourings added to burley
“tobacco control advocate,” despite having
“have nothing to do with enticing minors to
worked for Casa Cubana for the “last six or
smoke.”17
seven years.”13 Most, if not all, of Martial’s
policy proposals on the tobacco file, if
RBH said the products in question form a small
implemented, would benefit tobacco
but important part of its Canadian market, but it
manufacturers, and would therefore inversely
offered no proof of its claim that the flavouring
harm public health.
ban would cause job losses.

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Menthol cigarettes and flavoured smokeless
tobacco will continue to be allowed
Efforts by public health groups to have
legislators amend the Bill to ban flavours in
smokeless tobacco failed. This occurred less
than two months after Philip Morris
International told its shareholders that new
products, such as menthol cigarettes and
smokeless tobacco, sold under key brands such
as Marlboro, will be important in achieving
future success overseas.18
In Canada, the most popular smokeless tobacco
products are Skoal and Copenhagen, sold by the
National Smokeless Tobacco Company, which
is owned by Altria (parent company of Philip
Morris USA). Health Canada officials
appearing as witnesses before the Standing
Committee on Health indicated that they lack
sufficient data on flavoured smokeless tobacco
usage rates among young people in Canada to
justify a ban under legislation aimed at
“cracking down on marketing aimed at youth.”
As for menthol cigarettes, Health Canada
officials said the market is very small (about
2%), and unit sales declined by 26% between
2001 and 200719:
The research we have done indicates
that menthol use is actually declining.
It is not something that youth view as
attractive. When presented with it,
they actually refuse it and prefer
something else. We do not feel that it
is a product that needs to be acted
upon, and therefore we are not
proposing action. In fact, it goes
counter to some of the evidence we
have.20
Japan Tobacco posts record net sales
for 2008-09 fiscal year
Japan Tobacco (JT), the third
largest tobacco company in the
world, grew its net sales 6.6% in
the fiscal year that ended March
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31, 2009.21 Japan Tobacco International, which
owns Canada’s JTI-Macdonald and is itself
owned by JT, experienced growth in its global
flagship brands, such as Winston, Camel and
Mild Seven.
JT’s Earnings Before Interest, Taxes,
Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) grew
7.3% to 646.2 billion yen (CAD $6.7 billion).
Convenience store owners continue to
align themselves with Big Tobacco
For at least the second time in eight months, the
Vice-President of the Canadian Convenience
Stores Association (CCSA) publicly urged
governments to cut tobacco taxes to help fight
the contraband cigarette market.
In a press conference held outside the
Legislative Assembly in Quebec City, Michel
Gadbois urged the Quebec and federal
governments to cut tobacco taxes by half.22
Convenience store owners are no doubt feeling
the impact of lost revenue due to growing
contraband cigarette sales in Canada. A study
produced for the CCSA found that tobacco
products were the largest contributor to
profitability for convenience stores in 2007,
accounting for 23% of profits.23 They clearly
have a vested interest in ensuring tobacco sales
return to the legal market.
Tobacco taxation is one of the most important
health strategies used to lower consumption. A
tax rollback would lead to more youth smoking,
to higher consumption among current smokers,
and to reduced quitting. By calling for a
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rollback, Gadbois is doing the tobacco
companies’ dirty work. It is something he is
used to, having previously worked as a public
relations representative for both Benson &
Hedges (now Rothmans, Benson & Hedges)
and Imasco (parent company of Imperial
Tobacco at the time).24
In June, the CCSA released a poll (conducted
by Léger Marketing), which Gadbois claims
shows that cheaper cigarettes (achieved, for
example, by lowering tobacco taxes) will not
lead to an increase in consumption.25 The
survey results fly in the face of numerous
econometric studies conducted by
internationally renowned organizations, such as
the World Bank, that have proven the opposite
to be true.
On May 28th, the CCSA
proposed another reform
that is not widely
supported by the tobacco
control community:
banning youth from using
and possessing tobacco
products.26 The CCSA
President, Dave Bryans,
used to work for Big
Tobacco; he was formerly
Dave Bryans
employed by RJR-
Macdonald Inc. (now JTI-Macdonald). Bryan’s
work with the CCSA still serves the tobacco
company’s interests.
While Nova Scotia and Alberta have legislated
a ban on youth possession of tobacco, the other
provinces/territories and the federal government
have put the onus on retailers to ensure that
tobacco is not sold to youth under age 18 or 19,
depending on the province. Cynthia Callard, of
Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, told
Canwest News Service that youth possession
laws have been ineffective and that in calling
for such laws, convenience store owners are
simply trying to deflect responsibility:
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Really what they’re trying to get at is
it’s the kid’s fault for smoking — it’s
not their [the retailer’s] fault for
selling cigarettes.27
The CCSA continues to work with the National
Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco, which
Big Tobacco is active in and helps fund. CCSA
produced a new brochure about the contraband
problem, which it distributed to federal and
provincial politicians and members of the
media across the country.28 The Coalition
updated its website to allow interested
stakeholders to engage in advocacy, providing
contact information to enable easy
communication with politicians.29
Imperial Tobacco Canada Foundation
donates to Canadian arts organizations
A Foundation funded by Imperial Tobacco
Canada (ITC) awarded $575,000 in total to 11
different arts organizations across the country
in May.30
Ten awards worth $50,000 each were presented
to help commission new works in the
performing and visual arts. An award, worth
$75,000, was given to a contemporary
photography exhibit in Montreal.
The Foundation launched the “New Creation in
the Arts” and the “Arts Achievement Award” in
November 2008, after announcing that it was
reducing its overall funding to the arts by 60%,
as well as further reducing its funding for post-
secondary institutions, teaching hospitals and
research into care for the aged.
The remaining funding, which has been
redirected from a myriad of small grants to a
few large ones, may be designed to garner more
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media attention for ITC, since large donations
are likely to be more newsworthy than dozens
of small ones. ITC has long provided funding to
the arts, in part to be seen as a good corporate
citizen. Since 2005, the Foundation has
distributed almost $10 million in funding to arts
organizations across the country.
Imperial Tobacco Canada pressures
government to act on contraband
Imperial Tobacco Canada (ITC) continues to
lobby the Government of Canada to take action
on contraband tobacco. In June the company
ran full-page ads in The Hill Times, a weekly
newspaper read widely by politicians and staff
on Parliament Hill. The ads (see below) are
intended to remind federal policy-makers that
while political people take their vacations, the
criminals who sell contraband cigarettes will
not be on holiday.
These full page ads by Imperial Tobacco Canada appeared on pages 3 and 5 of the June 8, 2009 edition of
The Hill Times newspaper published in Ottawa.
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Company President and CEO Benjamin
Kemball also gave two speeches in front of
high-profile audiences in June. On June 1st ,
Kemball spoke at a lunch time gathering of the
Canadian Club of Montreal.31 On June 18th, he
addressed the Economic Club of Canada.32
Both speeches were similar, focusing on the
subject of contraband cigarettes and the fact
that Canada used to be a world leader in
tobacco control. Kemball argued that the
country’s failure to deal effectively with the
contraband crisis has tarnished its tobacco
control credentials. He said 50% of all
cigarettes smoked in Ontario, Canada’s most
populous province, are illegal.
In fact, the illegal tobacco market in
Ontario has reached a higher level
than Nigeria, Brazil, Paraguay,
Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Colombia and
Venezuela.33
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Quebec is close behind, Kemball said, with
40% of tobacco sales in the province illegal.
The federal and
provincial governments
in Canada lost $2.4
billion in taxes in 2008,
a number that is
growing, according to
Kemball.
Convenience store
owners are also
suffering, losing $260
million a year across
Benjamin Kemball Canada in profit and
$600 million in
estimated additional sales that would be made if
customers were coming in to buy cigarettes.
For much of the speeches, Kemball lambasted
federal and provincial governments for failing
to act to stop contraband. He also proposed a
number of solutions that governments could
enact. Among them are:
• Controlling the supply of raw
materials destined for illegal
manufacturing facilities
• Implementing revenue sharing
agreements with First Nations
equivalent to the Provincial Tobacco
Tax
• Appointing a senior government
official to be in charge of the
contraband file, with the authority to
coordinate efforts across government
ministries and agencies
Kemball emphasized that public health groups
have been calling for similar solutions and that
“it is not everyday that you get tobacco
companies and health groups asking for the
same thing.” When that happens, Kemball said,
government should listen.
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Imperial names new president and CEO
ITC named a new president and CEO in May.34
Effective August 2009, Ian Muir will replace
Benjamin Kemball.
Muir has worked for almost 25 years in the
tobacco industry. According to an ITC press
release, Muir was most recently “responsible
for British American Tobacco’s Western
Europe Area which includes Belgium,
Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal,
France, UK and Ireland.”
British American Tobacco is the world’s
second largest publicly-traded tobacco
company and the parent of ITC.
Imperial suggests health care cost
recovery litigation is a waste of time
Legislation in Quebec
and Ontario, designed
to help recover
billions of dollars
from tobacco
companies paid out by
the provinces in health
care costs to treat
tobacco caused
illnesses, has Imperial
Tobacco Canada
worried.
Donald McCarty
In May and June,
Donald McCarty, ITC’s Vice-President of Law,
testified before committees studying Bills 155
and 43 in Ontario and Quebec, respectively.35 36
He opposed the legislation, arguing that it
deflects attention from the real tobacco control
problem—contraband—and that similar
lawsuits in the United States ended in verdicts
for the industry. His arguments were trashed by
Quebec politicians who appear determined to
pass Bill 43 in short order.37 In Ontario, Bill
155 became law on May 14th.
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