Tag: tobacco industry

• Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  WHO says tobacco industry poisoning the planet, and sponsors “polluter pays principle” and banning cigarette filters

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Tuesday new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the environment and human health, calling for steps to make the industry more accountable for the destruction it is causing.

• Friday, June 29th 2018 - 08:21 UTC

  The Protocol x Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products is live

  

  On 27 June 2018, the conditions for the entry into force of the first legally binding instrument adopted under the WHO FCTC were met, paving the way to eliminate illicit trade of tobacco products

• Monday, October 20th 2014 - 07:30 UTC

  WHO admits full-scale battle with tobacco industry, which appeals to 'devious channels'

  

  The sixth session of the Conference of the parties (COP6) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) concluded in Moscow. Several landmark decisions were adopted in the course of the six-day session, regarded as one of the most successful in the WHO FCTC’s history.

• Thursday, July 11th 2013 - 06:58 UTC

  One third of world’s population benefits from effective tobacco control measure

  

  At 2.3 billion, the number of people worldwide covered by at least one life-saving measure to limit tobacco use has more than doubled in the last five years, according to the WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2013. The number of people covered by bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, the focus of this year’s report, increased by almost 400 million people residing mainly in low- and middle-income countries.

• Friday, May 31st 2013 - 19:05 UTC

  Tobacco is the deadliest global pandemic, says former Uruguayan president Vazquez

  

  Calling tobacco use the deadliest global pandemic ever, Uruguay’s former President Tabaré Vázquez urged decision makers to step up efforts to curb smoking in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2012 - 23:40 UTC

  World Health Organization praises Australia’s high court ruling on cigarette packaging

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday it strongly welcomes the landmark decision from Australia’s High Court to dismiss a legal challenge from the tobacco industry, and calls on the rest of the world to follow Australia’s tough stance on tobacco marketing.