"Finding the tobacco industry at fault means very little if the penalties amount to peanuts compared to the scale of harms caused by its businesses. Our goal should always be clear: that we want to make the tobacco industry pay for the full costs of its products, both on health and the environment. We shouldn't stop at exposing the industry's wrongdoing; we must make sure there is compensation and remediation," said Debby Sy, Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC)
"There are many ways to hold the tobacco industry accountable. We have been in countries exploring environmental law, which is cutting-edge and has a lot of potential in countries with judiciaries that are not particularly strong to make Big Tobacco pay for its actions" said Patricia Sosa, Regional Advocacy Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Yul Dorado Make Big Tobacco Pay Award
Corporate Accountability also announced the creation of the Yul Dorado Make Big Tobacco Pay Award to recognise visionary leadership in advancing health justice and tobacco industry accountability. Beginning next year, the award will honour outstanding efforts by governments, civil society, and advocates who are helping advance the global movement to make Big Tobacco pay for the harms it causes.
#MakeBigTobaccoPay
It is time for accountability and make the tobacco industry, that is the Big Tobacco pay for ALL the harms they have caused to human life and our planet.
Make Big Tobacco Pay is a campaign led by Corporate Accountability, in coalition with civil society and NGO groups from around the world, including Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), CNS, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC), European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Coalición Ame'rica Saludable (CLAS), ACT Promoção da Saúde (ACT), Salud Justa MX Mexico, Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA), Health Justice Philippines, African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA), Vision for Accelerated Sustainable Development (VAST) Ghana, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), and Global Alliance for Tobacco Control (GATC).
Let us hope that Global Week of Action to make Big Tobacco Pay results in urgent action by the governments at domestic level as well as with stronger progress on Article 19 of FCTC.
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