{"id":1268,"date":"2016-08-31T07:50:39","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T07:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2016-08-31T07:50:39","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T07:50:39","slug":"uruguay-five-key-messages-from-philip-morris-failed-challenge-to-packaging-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/2016\/08\/31\/uruguay-five-key-messages-from-philip-morris-failed-challenge-to-packaging-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Uruguay: five key messages from Philip Morris&#8217; failed challenge to packaging laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hot on the heels of\u00a0the tobacco industry&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/2016\/07\/04\/uk-plain-packs-court-interests-at-stake-collide-in-the-most-irreconcilable-of-ways\/\">failed legal challenge to the UK&#8217;s tobacco plain packaging laws<\/a> in May 2016, Philip Morris suffered a new\u00a0defeat in July, this time\u00a0in its long-running case against Uruguay&#8217;s health warning labels.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccabecentre.org\/\">McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer<\/a> has prepared a paper outlining key aspects of the judgement which are relevant for other governments planning to implement similar legislation to meet their obligations under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/fctc\/en\/\">World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The key points explored in detail in the analysis are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Uruguay&#8217;s measures did not substantially deprive Philip Morris of its investments or frustrate any expectations related to those investments<\/li>\n<li>States have a right to regulate in the public interest, including for public health<\/li>\n<li>It is not the role of investment tribunals to second-guess policy decisions, particularly where the evidence is complex or contested<\/li>\n<li>The WHO FCTC and its Guidelines add legal and evidentiary weight in support of states&#8217; tobacco control measures<\/li>\n<li>Public health is an important normative value in investment law adjudication<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Full details, including the paper can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccabecentre.org\/blog\/who-fctc-implementation-after-philip-morris-v-uruguay-five-key-messages-from-the-award.html\">http:\/\/www.mccabecentre.org\/blog\/who-fctc-implementation-after-philip-morris-v-uruguay-five-key-messages-from-the-award.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More analysis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tobaccocontrol.bmj.com\/content\/25\/5\/498.full.pdf+html\">Worldwide News and Analysis<\/a>, <em>Tobacco Control<\/em> September 16<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/philip-morris-gets-its-ash-kicked-in-uruguay-where-will-it-next-blow-smoke-62933\">Philip Morris gets its ash kicked in Uruguay; where will it next blow smoke?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2016\/jul\/28\/who-really-won-legal-battle-philip-morris-uruguay-cigarette-adverts\">Who really won the battle between Philip Morris and Uruguay?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>McCabe Centre analysis of UK plain packs court decision: <a href=\"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/2016\/07\/04\/uk-plain-packs-court-interests-at-stake-collide-in-the-most-irreconcilable-of-ways\/\">interests at stake &#8216;collide in the most irreconcilable of ways&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot on the heels of\u00a0the tobacco industry&#8217;s\u00a0failed legal challenge to the UK&#8217;s tobacco plain packaging laws in May 2016, Philip Morris suffered a new\u00a0defeat in July, this time\u00a0in its long-running case against Uruguay&#8217;s health warning labels. The McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer has prepared a paper outlining key aspects of the judgement which are [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/2016\/08\/31\/uruguay-five-key-messages-from-philip-morris-failed-challenge-to-packaging-laws\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2148,2156,2160,2138,2143,6828,567],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-framework-convention-on-tobacco-control","category-health-warnings","category-legal-challenges","category-legislation-and-policy","category-tobacco-industry","category-uruguay","category-who"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}