The tobacco control movement is a term used to describe organizations opposed to the practice of smoking, or those which advocate strict regulation of tobaccoassociated health risks and addictive potential. Rationales for such advocacy generally include concern over the public health costs of smoking, as well as the hazard posed to non-smokers by secondhand smoke. products due to their
The tobacco control movement was pejoratively referred to as the "anti-smoking movement" in internal tobacco industry memorandam, to describe organized threats to their business interests and denigrate public health concerns. It is still commonly, colloquially, referred to as the "anti-smoking movement" by both smoking and non-smoking persons.
