Tobacco: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Why HN readers recommended it

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

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

LastWeekTonight

Topic

tobacco industry and isds

Format

commentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

6

HN mentions in dataset

14

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2021

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From the original HN conversations

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• There was a great John Oliver segment on the tobacco industry and how it's evolved to become even more profitable worldwide than it ever was in the US. Highly recommended to watch it. [VIDEO]

• A great deal of the Chamber's funding comes from Tobacco companies. In fact there are conference rooms named for them. If you haven't seen Last Week Tonight's take on the international bad behavior of the Tobacco companies I really encourage you to check it out. …

• Keep watching - the corporate stuff starts a few minutes in, with the tobacco industry throwing around threats to various countries legislatures to stop those legislatures from passing Australian-style packaging laws and other public-health regulations. edit: if you're in a hurry, try starting at about …