WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Articles 17&18 -FIOCRUZ
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The Center for Studies on Tobacco and Health (CETAB) serves as the WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Articles 17 and 18.
The entire tobacco production chain harms the environment.
Tobacco farmers need alternatives ⬇️
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The entire tobacco production chain harms the environment.
Tobacco farmers need alternatives ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/fctc.tobacco.environment
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We are the Knowledge Hub for Articles 17 and 18 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Here, we focus on the tobacco industry's environmental impacts, working and health conditions in the production chain, and livelihood alternatives for tobacco workers.
Filters don’t protect smokers — and they create one of the world’s largest sources of plastic pollution.
At COP11, Parties are examining policy options to address tobacco-related waste and the role of filters in sustaining both smoking and pollution.
At COP11, Parties are examining policy options to address tobacco-related waste and the role of filters in sustaining both smoking and pollution.
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Filters don’t protect smokers — and they create one of the world’s largest sources of plastic pollution.
At COP11, Parties are examining policy options to address tobacco-related waste and the role of filters in sustaining both smoking and pollution.
At COP11, Parties are examining policy options to address tobacco-related waste and the role of filters in sustaining both smoking and pollution.
📢Starting soon!
Pre-COP11 Webinar on the Implementation of Article 18 ⬇️
Tobacco’s Toxic Pollution and Liability: From Problem to Policy
🔗https://ggtc.world/actions/webinars/pre-cop11-webinar-on-the-implementation-of-article-18-tobaccos-toxic-pollution-and-liability-from-problem-to-policy
Pre-COP11 Webinar on the Implementation of Article 18 ⬇️
Tobacco’s Toxic Pollution and Liability: From Problem to Policy
🔗https://ggtc.world/actions/webinars/pre-cop11-webinar-on-the-implementation-of-article-18-tobaccos-toxic-pollution-and-liability-from-problem-to-policy
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
📢Starting soon!
Pre-COP11 Webinar on the Implementation of Article 18 ⬇️
Tobacco’s Toxic Pollution and Liability: From Problem to Policy
🔗https://ggtc.world/actions/webinars/pre-cop11-webinar-on-the-implementation-of-article-18-tobaccos-toxic-pollution-and-liability-from-problem-to-policy
Pre-COP11 Webinar on the Implementation of Article 18 ⬇️
Tobacco’s Toxic Pollution and Liability: From Problem to Policy
🔗https://ggtc.world/actions/webinars/pre-cop11-webinar-on-the-implementation-of-article-18-tobaccos-toxic-pollution-and-liability-from-problem-to-policy
🌍 Almost 700M people — 8.2% of the world — face hunger.
Yet in many countries, fertile land still grows tobacco instead of food.
🎯 Article 17 of the WHO FCTC calls on governments to support economically viable alternatives for tobacco growers and workers.
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Yet in many countries, fertile land still grows tobacco instead of food.
🎯 Article 17 of the WHO FCTC calls on governments to support economically viable alternatives for tobacco growers and workers.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🌍 Almost 700M people — 8.2% of the world — face hunger.
Yet in many countries, fertile land still grows tobacco instead of food.
🎯 Article 17 of the WHO FCTC calls on governments to support economically viable alternatives for tobacco growers and workers.
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Yet in many countries, fertile land still grows tobacco instead of food.
🎯 Article 17 of the WHO FCTC calls on governments to support economically viable alternatives for tobacco growers and workers.
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🚨 In Brazil, authorities found that Agropecuária Santa Colomba, a tobacco leaf supplier for Philip Morris, subjected a worker to conditions analogous to slavery.
Although this happened in 2023, the company has still not been added to the government’s “Dirty List” of employers who subjected workers+
Although this happened in 2023, the company has still not been added to the government’s “Dirty List” of employers who subjected workers+
October 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🚨 In Brazil, authorities found that Agropecuária Santa Colomba, a tobacco leaf supplier for Philip Morris, subjected a worker to conditions analogous to slavery.
Although this happened in 2023, the company has still not been added to the government’s “Dirty List” of employers who subjected workers+
Although this happened in 2023, the company has still not been added to the government’s “Dirty List” of employers who subjected workers+
🚨 In Brazil, authorities found that Agropecuária Santa Colomba, a tobacco leaf supplier for Philip Morris, subjected a worker to conditions analogous to slavery.
Although this happened in 2023, the company has still not been added to the government’s “Dirty List” of employers who subjected workers+
Although this happened in 2023, the company has still not been added to the government’s “Dirty List” of employers who subjected workers+
October 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🚨 In Brazil, authorities found that Agropecuária Santa Colomba, a tobacco leaf supplier for Philip Morris, subjected a worker to conditions analogous to slavery.
Although this happened in 2023, the company has still not been added to the government’s “Dirty List” of employers who subjected workers+
Although this happened in 2023, the company has still not been added to the government’s “Dirty List” of employers who subjected workers+
📢 Great opportunity to discuss with experts and learn how the transition from tobacco to other crops actually works!
Creating decent working conditions for themselves:
By moving away from tobacco cultivation and towards organic farming and food production, more and more farmers are succeeding in doing just that.
How, where and what exactly – find out more in our webinar: 🔽
#DecentWork #WDDW #FoodNotTobacco
By moving away from tobacco cultivation and towards organic farming and food production, more and more farmers are succeeding in doing just that.
How, where and what exactly – find out more in our webinar: 🔽
#DecentWork #WDDW #FoodNotTobacco
October 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
📢 Great opportunity to discuss with experts and learn how the transition from tobacco to other crops actually works!
Reposted by WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Articles 17&18 -FIOCRUZ
BAT Brazil sponsored a study claiming legalization would create thousands of new agricultural jobs.
Internal documents from Juul tell a different story: based on the tobacco needed to produce Juul’s liquid nicotine, fewer than 100 farmers could meet BAT’s projected demand. +
Internal documents from Juul tell a different story: based on the tobacco needed to produce Juul’s liquid nicotine, fewer than 100 farmers could meet BAT’s projected demand. +
October 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
BAT Brazil sponsored a study claiming legalization would create thousands of new agricultural jobs.
Internal documents from Juul tell a different story: based on the tobacco needed to produce Juul’s liquid nicotine, fewer than 100 farmers could meet BAT’s projected demand. +
Internal documents from Juul tell a different story: based on the tobacco needed to produce Juul’s liquid nicotine, fewer than 100 farmers could meet BAT’s projected demand. +
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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:
unfairtobacco.org/en/world-foo...
#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:
unfairtobacco.org/en/world-foo...
World Food Day Event: Organic farming instead of tobacco production - unfairtobacco
Online seminar on 15 October 2025, 2 p.m.: A discussion on the transition from tobacco to organic farming with experts from Brazil and Bangladesh.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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:
unfairtobacco.org/en/world-foo...
#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:
unfairtobacco.org/en/world-foo...
🚨 In Brazil, the tobacco and vape industries are linking vape legalization to job creation in rural areas — but the numbers don’t add up.
A new investigation by O Joio e O Trigo, a Brazilian news platform covering major industries, explains why.
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@whofctc.bsky.social @unfairtobacco.bsky.social
A new investigation by O Joio e O Trigo, a Brazilian news platform covering major industries, explains why.
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@whofctc.bsky.social @unfairtobacco.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🚨 In Brazil, the tobacco and vape industries are linking vape legalization to job creation in rural areas — but the numbers don’t add up.
A new investigation by O Joio e O Trigo, a Brazilian news platform covering major industries, explains why.
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@whofctc.bsky.social @unfairtobacco.bsky.social
A new investigation by O Joio e O Trigo, a Brazilian news platform covering major industries, explains why.
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@whofctc.bsky.social @unfairtobacco.bsky.social
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It's time to leverage Article 18 of the #fctc and the parallel #plasticstreaty discussions in banning filtera and/or, demand industry foots the bill.
📄 Full report here: storage.googleapis.com/who-fctc-cop...
🔎 Should tobacco companies be held accountable for the waste they create?
Share your thoughts!
@whofctc.bsky.social @unfairtobacco.bsky.social @ntrjournal.bsky.social @nomorebuttsorg.bsky.social
🔎 Should tobacco companies be held accountable for the waste they create?
Share your thoughts!
@whofctc.bsky.social @unfairtobacco.bsky.social @ntrjournal.bsky.social @nomorebuttsorg.bsky.social
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September 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
It's time to leverage Article 18 of the #fctc and the parallel #plasticstreaty discussions in banning filtera and/or, demand industry foots the bill.
Reposted by WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Articles 17&18 -FIOCRUZ
It also examines options for countries:
🚫 Ban filters & single-use plastics
💰 Make tobacco companies pay for waste
⚠️ Classify tobacco waste as hazardous
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🚫 Ban filters & single-use plastics
💰 Make tobacco companies pay for waste
⚠️ Classify tobacco waste as hazardous
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September 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It also examines options for countries:
🚫 Ban filters & single-use plastics
💰 Make tobacco companies pay for waste
⚠️ Classify tobacco waste as hazardous
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🚫 Ban filters & single-use plastics
💰 Make tobacco companies pay for waste
⚠️ Classify tobacco waste as hazardous
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📢 #COP11 is coming!
In November, Parties to the WHO FCTC will meet in Geneva to review progress and strengthen global tobacco control policies.
Tobacco waste is on the agenda, following up from COP10.
A new report highlights the environmental and health risks of discarded tobacco products. 🧵
In November, Parties to the WHO FCTC will meet in Geneva to review progress and strengthen global tobacco control policies.
Tobacco waste is on the agenda, following up from COP10.
A new report highlights the environmental and health risks of discarded tobacco products. 🧵
September 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
📢 #COP11 is coming!
In November, Parties to the WHO FCTC will meet in Geneva to review progress and strengthen global tobacco control policies.
Tobacco waste is on the agenda, following up from COP10.
A new report highlights the environmental and health risks of discarded tobacco products. 🧵
In November, Parties to the WHO FCTC will meet in Geneva to review progress and strengthen global tobacco control policies.
Tobacco waste is on the agenda, following up from COP10.
A new report highlights the environmental and health risks of discarded tobacco products. 🧵
After 11 days of talks in Geneva, countries were once again unable to reach an agreement on a Global #PlasticsTreaty.
Delegates remain deadlocked over issues that have stalled progress for years:
Delegates remain deadlocked over issues that have stalled progress for years:
August 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
After 11 days of talks in Geneva, countries were once again unable to reach an agreement on a Global #PlasticsTreaty.
Delegates remain deadlocked over issues that have stalled progress for years:
Delegates remain deadlocked over issues that have stalled progress for years:
Reposted by WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Articles 17&18 -FIOCRUZ
Wow.💥
1 million used cigarette butts, packed into plastic bottles, now stand in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva – where negotiators are meeting for the UN Plastics Treaty.
The image was shared by @ash.org on their website.
Photo by Morgan Cox.
1 million used cigarette butts, packed into plastic bottles, now stand in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva – where negotiators are meeting for the UN Plastics Treaty.
The image was shared by @ash.org on their website.
Photo by Morgan Cox.
August 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Wow.💥
1 million used cigarette butts, packed into plastic bottles, now stand in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva – where negotiators are meeting for the UN Plastics Treaty.
The image was shared by @ash.org on their website.
Photo by Morgan Cox.
1 million used cigarette butts, packed into plastic bottles, now stand in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva – where negotiators are meeting for the UN Plastics Treaty.
The image was shared by @ash.org on their website.
Photo by Morgan Cox.
Wow.💥
1 million used cigarette butts, packed into plastic bottles, now stand in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva – where negotiators are meeting for the UN Plastics Treaty.
The image was shared by @ash.org on their website.
Photo by Morgan Cox.
1 million used cigarette butts, packed into plastic bottles, now stand in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva – where negotiators are meeting for the UN Plastics Treaty.
The image was shared by @ash.org on their website.
Photo by Morgan Cox.
August 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Wow.💥
1 million used cigarette butts, packed into plastic bottles, now stand in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva – where negotiators are meeting for the UN Plastics Treaty.
The image was shared by @ash.org on their website.
Photo by Morgan Cox.
1 million used cigarette butts, packed into plastic bottles, now stand in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva – where negotiators are meeting for the UN Plastics Treaty.
The image was shared by @ash.org on their website.
Photo by Morgan Cox.
The latest round of UN #PlasticsTreaty talks has started in Geneva, but there are key issues with the draft text:
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@whofctc.bsky.social @unfairtobacco.bsky.social @ash.org @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social
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@whofctc.bsky.social @unfairtobacco.bsky.social @ash.org @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The latest round of UN #PlasticsTreaty talks has started in Geneva, but there are key issues with the draft text:
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@whofctc.bsky.social @unfairtobacco.bsky.social @ash.org @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social
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@whofctc.bsky.social @unfairtobacco.bsky.social @ash.org @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social
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Experts stress that the Global #PlasticsTreaty must include a BAN on cigarette filters to reduce plastic pollution and protect our oceans.
The next round of negotiations begins this August in Geneva.
Learn more: extranet.who.int/fctcapps/sit...
#WHOFCTC #FCTC_Art_18
#INC5_2
#CigaretteButts
The next round of negotiations begins this August in Geneva.
Learn more: extranet.who.int/fctcapps/sit...
#WHOFCTC #FCTC_Art_18
#INC5_2
#CigaretteButts
July 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Experts stress that the Global #PlasticsTreaty must include a BAN on cigarette filters to reduce plastic pollution and protect our oceans.
The next round of negotiations begins this August in Geneva.
Learn more: extranet.who.int/fctcapps/sit...
#WHOFCTC #FCTC_Art_18
#INC5_2
#CigaretteButts
The next round of negotiations begins this August in Geneva.
Learn more: extranet.who.int/fctcapps/sit...
#WHOFCTC #FCTC_Art_18
#INC5_2
#CigaretteButts
Experts stress that the Global #PlasticsTreaty must include a BAN on cigarette filters to reduce plastic pollution and protect our oceans.
The next round of negotiations begins this August in Geneva.
Learn more: extranet.who.int/fctcapps/sit...
#WHOFCTC #FCTC_Art_18
#INC5_2
#CigaretteButts
The next round of negotiations begins this August in Geneva.
Learn more: extranet.who.int/fctcapps/sit...
#WHOFCTC #FCTC_Art_18
#INC5_2
#CigaretteButts
July 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Experts stress that the Global #PlasticsTreaty must include a BAN on cigarette filters to reduce plastic pollution and protect our oceans.
The next round of negotiations begins this August in Geneva.
Learn more: extranet.who.int/fctcapps/sit...
#WHOFCTC #FCTC_Art_18
#INC5_2
#CigaretteButts
The next round of negotiations begins this August in Geneva.
Learn more: extranet.who.int/fctcapps/sit...
#WHOFCTC #FCTC_Art_18
#INC5_2
#CigaretteButts
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In Brazil, the tobacco industry is mobilizing to try to interfere with #COP11. A bill in Rio Grande do Sul – the country’s top tobacco-producing state – seeks to label tobacco as of “economic, social, and cultural interest.” The goal is to pass it before COP11 to support the sector’s positioning. +
July 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In Brazil, the tobacco industry is mobilizing to try to interfere with #COP11. A bill in Rio Grande do Sul – the country’s top tobacco-producing state – seeks to label tobacco as of “economic, social, and cultural interest.” The goal is to pass it before COP11 to support the sector’s positioning. +
In Brazil, the tobacco industry is mobilizing to try to interfere with #COP11. A bill in Rio Grande do Sul – the country’s top tobacco-producing state – seeks to label tobacco as of “economic, social, and cultural interest.” The goal is to pass it before COP11 to support the sector’s positioning. +
July 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In Brazil, the tobacco industry is mobilizing to try to interfere with #COP11. A bill in Rio Grande do Sul – the country’s top tobacco-producing state – seeks to label tobacco as of “economic, social, and cultural interest.” The goal is to pass it before COP11 to support the sector’s positioning. +
The ban on single-use #vapes was introduced to reduce Jersey’s waste.
Retailers have until February next year to sell existing product stock.
www.bailiwickexpress.com/news/single-...
Retailers have until February next year to sell existing product stock.
www.bailiwickexpress.com/news/single-...
Single-use vapes to be banned in Jersey next month - Bailiwick Express News Jersey
Single-use vapes will be banned in Jersey next month – but retailers have until February next year to sell existing product stock. The Infrastructure Minister has signed a Commencement Order which mea...
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July 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The ban on single-use #vapes was introduced to reduce Jersey’s waste.
Retailers have until February next year to sell existing product stock.
www.bailiwickexpress.com/news/single-...
Retailers have until February next year to sell existing product stock.
www.bailiwickexpress.com/news/single-...
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#WorldEnvironmentDay 2025 calls for collective action to tackle plastic pollution. Let us make sure that #cigarettebutts as the most littered items worldwide, get included in the UN plastic treaty!
#BeatPlasticPollution #PlasticTreaty
@ash.org @greenpeace.eu @wwf.eu @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social
#BeatPlasticPollution #PlasticTreaty
@ash.org @greenpeace.eu @wwf.eu @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#WorldEnvironmentDay 2025 calls for collective action to tackle plastic pollution. Let us make sure that #cigarettebutts as the most littered items worldwide, get included in the UN plastic treaty!
#BeatPlasticPollution #PlasticTreaty
@ash.org @greenpeace.eu @wwf.eu @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social
#BeatPlasticPollution #PlasticTreaty
@ash.org @greenpeace.eu @wwf.eu @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social
BAT Bangladesh has been ordered to vacate its head office and factory in Mohakhali, Dhaka. The Supreme Court rejected the company’s appeal to extend its land lease.
The Bangladesh Environment Movement had long called for the plant’s removal due to its impacts.
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The Bangladesh Environment Movement had long called for the plant’s removal due to its impacts.
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June 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
BAT Bangladesh has been ordered to vacate its head office and factory in Mohakhali, Dhaka. The Supreme Court rejected the company’s appeal to extend its land lease.
The Bangladesh Environment Movement had long called for the plant’s removal due to its impacts.
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The Bangladesh Environment Movement had long called for the plant’s removal due to its impacts.
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Learn more:
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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
May 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Learn more:
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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
May 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM