Damming Report Reveals Tobacco Industry`s Move to Shape Policy in BD
Government`s policy agenda in Bangladesh is still highly vulnerable to the interference of the tobacco industry, according to a study report revealed on Saturday.
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Tobacco industry targets WHO FCTC COP and MOP negotiations, Parties urged to stay vigilant
The Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is alerting governments and the public that the tobacco industry is intensifying efforts to interfere with the work of the Conference of the Parties (COP), the treaty’s decision-making body, to weaken global tobacco control measures.
The WHO FCTC is the first treaty negotiated under the auspices of WHO and one of the most widely and rapidly embraced United Nations treaties in history. A total of 183 Parties have joined the Convention, which entered into force 20 years ago.
Tobacco Companies Exploit CSR Programmes to Interfere in Tobacco-Control Activities: Report
Tobacco companies have used their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes to get closer to policymakers, government officials and administration in order to exploit "connection to extract different benefits and to interfere in tobacco control activities", anti-tobacco group Knowledge for Progress said citing a survey report.
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Tobacco Companies Exploit Covid-19 Pandemic for their Benefit
Tobacco companies have managed to exploit the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic to the fullest for their benefit. The tobacco companies have particularly used their Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) as a pretense to infiltrate into policymaking and administration and extract a variety of benefits, the study says.
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Amend Law to End Interference of Tobacco Industry: Experts
“Tobacco companies have managed to exploit the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic to the fullest for their benefit. The tobacco companies have particularly used their Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) as a pretense to infiltrate into policymaking and administration and extract a variety of benefits”, said a study report.
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Tobacco Essential Products Only for Death
tobacco essential products are not just for death, not for life. it cannot be on the list of essential commodities in any way. rather, it is against the fundamental right of the constitution to live. mp saber hossain chowdhury made the remarks at a research results release titled 'tobacco company intervention index 2020' on saturday. he is the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on environment, forest and climate change.
Building Tobacco-Free Country by 2040 Looks Elusive
Tobacco control policies trapped in drafts for four years due to a lack of initiative from ministries and agencies and influence of tobacco companies
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Bangladesh is Still at Risk due to the Intervention of Tobacco Companies
Although some progress has been made in the implementation of Article 5.3 in Bangladesh, it is not satisfactory. Bangladesh's score in the 'Tobacco Company Intervention Index' means that Bangladesh is still at risk of strong tobacco company intervention, according to a study.
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আইন সংশোধন করে তামাক কোম্পানির হস্তক্ষেপ বন্ধ করতে হবে
চলমান কোভিড-১৯ মহামারীকে শতভাগ কাজে লাগাতে সক্ষম হয়েছে তামাক কোম্পানিগুলো। মূলত সামাজিক দায়বদ্ধতামূলক (সিএসআর) কর্মসূচির অজুহাতে তারা নীতিনির্ধারক ও প্রশাসনের সঙ্গে মিশে নানাবিধ ব্যবসায়িক সুবিধা আদায় করতে সক্ষম হয়েছে। গবেষণায় প্রাপ্ত ফলাফল অনুযায়ী বাংলাদেশে আর্টিক্যাল ৫.৩ বাস্তবায়নের কিছুটা অগ্রগতি হলেও তা সন্তোষজনক নয়। ‘তামাক কোম্পানির হস্তক্ষেপ সূচকে’ বাংলাদেশের প্রাপ্ত স্কোর ৬৮ অর্থাৎ বাংলাদেশ এখনও তামাক কোম্পানির শক্তিশালী হস্তক্ষেপ ঝুঁকির মধ্যে রয়েছে। শনিবার (২৮ নভেম্বর) ঢাকায় প্রকাশিত ‘তামাক কোম্পানির হস্তক্ষেপ সূচক : এফসিটিসি আর্টিক্যাল ৫.৩ বাস্তবায়ন প্রতিবেদন, বাংলাদেশ ২০২০’ গবেষণা প্রতিবেদনে এসব তথ্য উঠে এসেছে। গবেষণা ও অ্যাডভোকেসি প্রতিষ্ঠান প্রজ্ঞা (প্রগতির জন্য জ্ঞান) এবং অ্যান্টি টোব্যাকো মিডিয়া এলায়েন্স (আত্মা) আয়োজিত এক অনলাইন আলোচনা অনুষ্ঠানে এই গবেষণা প্রতিবেদন প্রকাশ করা হয়।
Beware of Big Tobacco Tactics to Enslave Africa
There was a time when tobacco companies could market their deadly and addictive products with cartoon characters, svelte women and handsome cowboys.
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Stopping Big Tobacco from Deeper Interference in Africa, by Leonce Dieudonné Sessou
There is a lot of hope for Africa. We can stop the tobacco epidemic before it gains a bigger, deadlier foothold, as it did in Europe, Asia and the Americas, if governments act now to stop Big Tobacco’s interference. It will require vigilance, transparency, and the demonstrated will of policymakers to push back the industry.
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Bangladesh Health Policy Most Influenced by Tobacco Industry in South Asia
Bangladesh's tobacco industry interferes the most in the country's tobacco control policy and legislation among South Asian countries, according to a report.
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Aggressive Tobacco Industry Lobbying and Exploitation of COVID-19 in 2020
New Delhi: New research citing evidence collected by civil society groups in 57 countries reveals that, during 2019, the tobacco industry stepped up efforts to lobby governments through departments of finance, customs, and trade. This enabled the industry to further expand its influence during the COVID-19 crisis in 2020.
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Stopping Big Tobacco from Deeper Interference in Africa, by Leonce Dieudonné Sessou
There is a lot of hope for Africa. We can stop the tobacco epidemic before it gains a bigger, deadlier foothold, as it did in Europe, Asia and the Americas, if governments act now to stop Big Tobacco’s interference. It will require vigilance, transparency, and the demonstrated will of policymakers to push back the industry.
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Report Names and Shames Countries Cozy with Big Tobacco
PARIS – The global tobacco industry has aggressively lobbied governments during the COVID-19 pandemic to expand markets and blunt measures designed to curb their business, a report from watchdog groups aligned with the World Health Organization claimed on Tuesday.
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Tobacco Industry Capitalizes on Pandemic to Increase Influence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
While the COVID-19 pandemic has elevated public health to a top priority in every country in the world, it has left many poorly resourced governments receptive to any and all aid that can provide immediate assistance to help their people.
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Tobacco Industry Capitalizes on Pandemic to Increase Influence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov 20 2020 (IPS) - While the COVID-19 pandemic has elevated public health to a top priority in every country in the world, it has left many poorly resourced governments receptive to any and all aid that can provide immediate assistance to help their people.
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Aggressive Tobacco Industry Expands Influence During Covid-19
New research citing evidence collected by civil society groups in 57 countries reveals that, during 2019, the tobacco industry stepped up efforts to lobby governments through departments of finance, customs, and trade. This enabled the industry to further expand its influence during the COVID-19 crisis in 2020.
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Aggressive Tobacco Industry Lobbying and Exploitation of COVID-19 in 2020
New Delhi: New research citing evidence collected by civil society groups in 57 countries reveals that, during 2019, the tobacco industry stepped up efforts to lobby governments through departments of finance, customs, and trade. This enabled the industry to further expand its influence during the COVID-19 crisis in 2020.
Africa: Tobacco Use Places Smokers at an Even Higher Risk of Severe Covid-19 Disease
Bangkok — While the COVID-19 pandemic has elevated public health to a top priority in every country in the world, it has left many poorly resourced governments receptive to any and all aid that can provide immediate assistance to help their people.
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Still on the Nagging Issue of Tobacco Control Funding
The recently-released Tobacco Interference Index 2020 Report which established that the Nigerian government has fallen short of several critical standards of transparency and probity in engagements with the tobacco industry, is indeed an eye-opener to how far the industry will go to thwart implementation of the World Health Organisation – Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC).
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