Vingt ans après avoir signé la Convention-cadre de l’OMS pour la lutte antitabac, la Suisse n’a pas ratifié ce traité et reste en retard sur la prévention. Sous l’influence des cigarettiers, le pays privilégie les intérêts économiques, avec des mesures jugées insuffisantes, tandis que 20 000 jeunes tombent chaque année dans l’addiction. Hugo Molineaux, chercheur pour OxySuisse, était notre invité.
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.
According to an extensive meta-analysis, a person exposed to content promoting the consumption of tobacco is at twice the risk of becoming a tobacco consumer.
When it comes to regulating the advertising of tobacco products, Switzerland has the laxest legislation in Europe. According to the Tobacco Control Scale, which publishes a two-yearly comparative survey of the anti-tobacco-consumption policies of the various countries in the World Health Organization’s Europe Region, Switzerland came last (i.e. 36th out of 37 countries assessed) in 2021.
Industrial cigarettes contain a filter made from cellulose acetate, which forms the "butt" once the cigarette has been smoked. This plastic is absolutely not biodegradable!
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