“As has been shown many times, CTFK plays fast and loose with the truth and these statements veer from demonstrable fact once again. For all of its supposed opposition to tobacco and the tobacco industry (it goes to pains to point out it doesn’t accept money from Big T firms), CTKF colluded with Philip Morris International to agree a set of mutually acceptable terms on more than one occasion. Brody Mullens wrote a 2004 article titled, “How Philip Morris, Tobacco Foes Tied the Knot” in Roll Call. In it, he revealed: “The face-to-face negotiating sessions and conference calls were so sensitive that Philip Morris and the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids refused to tell even their closest allies.” It did it again in 2007, The American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP) stated that CTFK held “secret negotiations” with Philip Morris to draft the “Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act”.”
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