Independent
Nations that are home to the largest tobacco corporations need to contribute more if countries are to recoup the US$47 billion lost to the illicit tobacco trade each year.
That is the message that rang out of talks around the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products which ended yesterday.
The message from anti-tobacco organisations – Corporate Accountability, and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) echo the frustration of low- and middle-income countries during last week’s climate talks around the ongoing refusal of the world’s largest emitters to pay for the harms they’ve foisted on the rest of the planet. In the case of the illicit trade protocol, just a little over US$4 million in additional funds are required over the next two years to ensure vital treaty implementation plans are not reduced or abandoned altogether…
