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Die Tabakindustrie spendet Millionen an Hilfswerke. Auch verschiedene Rotkreuz-Organisationen haben über Jahre Geld von Tabakfirmen angenommen – und das, obwohl das Rote Kreuz auch eine Gesundheitsorganisation ist. Erst 2021 hat der Rotkreuz-Rat entschieden, keine Tabak-Spenden mehr anzunehmen.

Im Wallis dürfen Tabakfirmen keine Musikfestivals sponsern. Trotzdem war British American Tobacco am Caprices Festival präsent. Die Beobachter-Recherche zeigt die Hintergründe.

If you ever find yourself browsing the galleries at the British Museum in London, or wandering the halls of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, you might find it surprising that the art you’re admiring is sponsored in part by an industry that causes 8 million deaths every year.

Bangkok, 29 April 2024 – The tobacco industry is using corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities as a tactical smokescreen to clean its tarnished public image and distract the public from its deadly and harmful business, according to the report, “Lifting the Veil of Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Charity in ASEAN” by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). The report examines the detrimental impact of the industry’s CSR activities on public health policy.

“The opioid crisis is horrific. It has been estimated that prescription opioids have killed more than more than 200,000 Americans and 47,000 lives are expected to be lost in 2019 due to opioid addiction. No similar outrage has been expressed by artists, health organizations or the public at the most dominant corporate sponsor of the arts in the United States over the past 60 years, Altria, the parent company of Philip Morris and makers of the top-selling cigarette brand Marlboro.”

-Alan Blum, MD

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to voluntary corporate action that claims to act in the public interest by prioritising social goals rather than being solely profit-driven.

Two big UK tobacco companies have failed to persuade the high court to strike out a case against them that alleges they are responsible for the exploitation of Malawian farming families and child labour in their drive for profits.

According to the World Health Organization ( WHO ), tobacco kills nearly six million people a year, including more than 600,000 non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke.

Increasingly, international health bodies frame public health measures, including tobacco control, in the context of human rights (HR). It is unclear how prevalent is the connection between human rights and tobacco control within global health governance. This paper describes the inclusion of HR in tobacco control governance, and the inclusion of tobacco control in HR treaty oversight. We depict the current reach of HR’s normative influence in framing the tobacco epidemic in global, regional, and country-specific contexts.

Zum Internationalen Tag der Menschenrechte am 10. Dezember 2020 präsentieren wir zwei Kurzfilme zu den Menschenrechtsverletzungen durch die Tabakindustrie: In Indonesien sprach unser Kooperationspartner Katarana Productions mit rauchenden Jugendlichen. In Sambia interviewte unsere Partnerorganisation TOFAZA Kinder, die im Tabakanbau arbeiten.

In Africa, tobacco farmers can become entangled in a cycle of debt and poverty amounting to slavery. Tobacco companies control the entire process—from granting loans for fertilizer and seeds to setting the price the farmer is paid at harvest. Because farmers don’t earn enough to employ workers, or even to afford gear to protect against sharp tools and chemicals, they often pull children from school to perform the dangerous work of tobacco farming.

Les "puffs", ces cigarettes électroniques jetables aux goûts sucrés et fruités déferlent dans nos kiosques et rendent nos jeunes accros à la nicotine. Deviendront-ils plus tard des fumeurs de cigarettes au tabac? C'est ce que redoute l'Organisation mondiale de la santé. L'enquête de Temps Présent.

Die Schweiz landet im neuen Tabaklobby-Index 2023 erneut auf dem zweitletzten Platz (89/90), nur knapp vor der Dominikanischen Republik. Sie ist aufgrund der grösseren Anzahl untersuchter Länder jedoch nochmals um 10 Plätze zurückgefallen. Dies verdeutlicht einmal mehr: Der Einfluss der Tabakindustrie auf die Politik in der Schweiz bleibt ungebrochen und verhindert eine wirksame Tabakkontrolle, welche die Menschen vor den tödlichen Produkten schützt.

In einem kürzlich veröffentlichten internationalen Ranking wird die Schweiz als eines der Länder bezeichnet, in denen die Tabakindustrie den grössten Einfluss auf die Politik hat.