The University of Bath’s Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG), a world leader in uncovering Big Tobacco’s darkest tactics, has unveiled a must-listen new podcast: Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco.

This 8-episode weekly podcast, hosted by TCRG investigative researcher Louis Laurence, delves into the tobacco industry’s relentless pursuit of profit at the expense of public health.

Episode 1 takes you behind the scenes with Professor Anna Gilmore, Director of TCRG, as she exposes the shocking tactics Big Tobacco uses to sabotage health policies around the globe—and the ripple effect as other industries, like gambling and fossil fuels, mimic their playbook.

As the series unfolds, Deadly Industry dives even deeper with world-renowned tobacco control experts. Tax specialist Dr Rob Branston unpacks the staggering profits of Big Tobacco, while Jorge Alday, Director of the STOP project, reveals how the industry traps new users in its web.

Future episodes uncover Big Tobacco’s murky involvement in smuggling, its manipulation of science, and its far-reaching political corruption, stretching from the UK to Southern Africa.

This eye-opening journey also reveals how the sinister strategies pioneered by Big Tobacco are now being wielded by other harmful industries, from ultra-processed foods to fossil fuels.

Podcast host Louis Laurence said:

Tobacco kills half of its long-term users, claiming more lives annually than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. The tobacco industry has spent decades perfecting its deadly playbook, and now those same tactics are spreading across other sectors, threatening both human health and the planet. In Deadly Industry we’ll be exposing that playbook and how Big Tobacco has used its vast resources to resist public health measures, undermine tax laws, intimidate investigators, muddy the scientific debate and much more, to keep the profits rolling in.

Podcast guest Jorge Alday, Director of the global tobacco industry watchdog STOP said:

Tobacco companies have an enormous hidden influence on our collective health and financial well-being. Deadly Industry gives us a way to share how that influence results in an environment that makes people think tobacco products are safer than they actually are.

Backed by the TCRG’s award-winning research, Deadly Industry delivers sharp insights and powerful storytelling to expose the global impact of corporate power. It’s a vital listen for public health advocates, policymakers, journalists, and anyone curious about how industries operate behind closed doors.

Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is available from your preferred podcast streaming platforms including platforms Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music.