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Tobacco: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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What it is

A Last Week Tonight segment on how tobacco companies sustain profits by pushing sales overseas. It covers suits against countries like Australia over plain packaging through trade-deal arbitration.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it in TPP and trade-deal threads as a clear example of ISDS being used by corporations against governments.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “There was a great John Oliver segment on the tobacco industry”

    How tobacco companies became more profitable worldwide

    hkarthik, 2015-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Latin America Is Quitting Smoking, and Africa Is Taking It Up”

  2. “I really encourage you to check it out. It's about 18min long, but well worth it”

    Tobacco companies doubling down on selling to the rest of the world

    dailyrorschach, 2015-07 · Strong recommendation · in “CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking”

  3. “Keep watching - the corporate stuff starts a few minutes in”

    Corporate threats against public-health laws start a few minutes in

    pdkl95, 2015-02 · Recommendation · in “Go to Prison for File Sharing? That's What Hollywood Wants in the TPP Deal”

  4. “caused such an outcry that TPP negotiators were forced to exclude the entire tobacco industry from ISDS.”

    Explains Philip Morris ISDS suit against Australia over plain packaging.

    walterbell, 2015-10 · Recommendation · in “The Final Leaked TPP Text Is All That We Feared”

  5. “See this exert from John Oliver on the effect of such trade deals;”

    Shows effects of trade deals letting corporations challenge governments.

    ggame, 2017-01 · Recommendation · in “US Announces Withdrawal from TPP”

  6. “John Oliver did a good segment about that two years ago”

    Covers tobacco companies targeting new non-smoking countries.

    staz, 2018-08 · Recommendation · in “Smoking around the world”

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Topics: tobacco, isds, tpp, plain packaging, john oliver

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