How a Debate Over Vaping Might Derail the War on Tobacco
December 20, 2023 by philanthropy.com
How a Debate Over Vaping Might Derail the War on Tobacco
As a lawyer, activist, and executive at nonprofit organizations, Cliff Douglas fought the tobacco industry for decades. He sued cigarette makers, cultivated whistle-blowers who exposed industry secrets, and led the campaign to ban smoking on airlines, back when smoke-free workplaces were rare. In October, though, Douglas surprised some of his allies in the anti-smoking movement by becoming president and CEO of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, a nonprofit created and entirely funded by Philip Morris International, one of the world’s largest tobacco companies.