Health groups to Senators: Protect the health of the Filipino youth, pass tobacco tax hike now
May 31, 2019Tobacco industry in PH is now more aggressive in trying to influence government – report
August 1, 2019
A joint letter for Mr. Møller’s call for a “more nuanced” relationship between the tobacco industry and the UN system represents a threat to progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals but also stands in direct conflict with international law, in particular Article 5.3 of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which states that “Parties shall act to protect these policies from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry.”
Download Here: Joint letter to UN SG_RE The role of the tobacco industry in the 2030 Agenda (final)
