In the year ahead, we remain committed to spreading knowledge about the environmental and health impacts of the tobacco production cycle, and to sharing alternatives for tobacco workers.
Thank you for being with us!
#WHOFCTC #FCTC_Art_17 #FCTC_Art_18 #FCTCSavesLives
Less jobs and money?
Tobacco farmers do shift to healthy crops that are more lucrative. Thus they generate more income and exit exploitative tobacco industry contracts.
New publication by @whofctc.bsky.social and @undp.org: fctc.who.int/resources/pu...
#TobaccoMyths #FoodNotTobacco #FCTC_Art_17
This week in Geneva at #COP11 of the FCTC, staates discuss how tobacco use and its consequences can be reduced worldwide.
But the FCTC not only contains #health policy measures, but the parties have also committed themselves to support #alternativelivelihoods to tobacco cultivation. 🔽
#FCTC_Art_17
Eliane erzählt wie sie mit Untersützung & Beratung der Kooperative Uniao und des Programms CAPA den Ausstieg vom Tabakanbau geschafft hat.
Heute wird sie auch von anderen Farmer*innen gefragt, wie der Umstieg vom Tabak auf ökologischen Gemüseanbau klappt. 1/2
#FCTC_Art_17 #NahrungStattTabak
Wenn es gelingt den #Tabakkonsum einzudämmen, dann wird weniger #Tabak benötigt.
Deshalb ist die Unterstützung von wirtschaftlich tragfähigen Alternativen für Farmer*innen enorm wichtig und notwendig! 🔽
Hier zwei gute Beispiele!
#FCTC_Art_17
#Tabakkontrolle bedeutet auch: Ausstieg aus dem #Tabakanbau & landwirtschaftlicher Wandel im Globalen Süden.
Wir diskutieren den Umstieg zu ökologischem Landbau mit Experten aus #Brasilien und #Bangladesch.
#FCTC_Art_17
Online-Seminar nächste Woche:
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Agreed.
#FCTC_Art_17 means supporting #TobaccoFarmers to switch to other livelihoods
Let's discuss about organic farming as one option to exit tobacco. We offer experts' views from Brazil and Bangladesh.
Join us next week:
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As cigarette use declines and vaping rises, supporting alternative livelihoods for tobacco farmers — in line with Article 17 of the WHO FCTC — has never been more urgent.
📖 Read the investigation: cortinadevapor.ojoioeotrigo.com.br
#WHOFCTC #FCTC_Art_17 #TobaccoControl #TobaccoFarmers
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#WHOFCTC #FCTC_Art_17
#notobacco #bidi #beedi #HumanRights #alternativelivelihoods
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#WHOFCTC #FCTC_Art_17
#notobacco #bidi #beedi #HumanRights #alternativelivelihoods
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