Child labour and the tobacco industry in Pakistan

Thanks to our colleagues from The Network for Consumer Protection, Pakistan who provided the information and video in this post. (www.thenetwork.org.pk) This video shows children in northwest Pakistan preparing tobacco leaves to be sent for drying. Children as young as five years old also work in tobacco farming, where they are vulnerable to poisoning from […]

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Big Tobacco crashes at first legal hurdle on plain packaging

This post first is republished from The Conversation. By Simon Chapman, University of Sydney This morning Australia’s High Court dismissed the plain tobacco packaging case brought against the Australian government by the world’s largest tobacco companies. The companies had challenged the government’s new law – due to be fully implemented from December 1 this year. […]

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Hey buddy, got a light?

Most smokers are happy to light a stranger’s cigarette, but what if that stranger was a child? Watch this and see what happens… http://youtu.be/-u-rhnV4l08 As a colleague noted, the best part about this video is that it turns the “kids shouldn’t smoke” message on its head. I completely agree. It is well established that the […]

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Indonesia: a paradise for the tobacco industry

In the Journal this month, Editor, Ruth Malone, highlights how “Indonesia not only permits but abets and encourages some of the most aggressive tobacco advertising in the world, including tobacco advertisements featured on police traffic kiosks.” Watch the revealing video below to see just how the industry is exporting its most aggressive strategies, those no […]

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