Guest Author: Amos Hausner, Attorney at Law, representing the 7 applicants in application 1416/21 who seek this administrative redress, among them the Clean Air Association and 6 individuals who suffer the harsh consequences of Environmental Tobacco Smoke at home. In a shareholders’ meeting of a major US tobacco company, the
The marketing and sale of tobacco products violate the right to health and life of all people globally The Right to Health The right to health was first internationally articulated in the 1946 World Health Organization (WHO) Constitution. The WHO preamble declares that “the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard
A new study outlines why the tobacco and coal industries warrant “corporate death sentences.” ROBBY BERMAN 24 February, 2019 Read on BigThink.com
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Advocacy Tools for the Fight for the Right to Health When people think of tobacco, they often think of it as a public health problem, but it is a human rights problem as well. The marketing and sale of tobacco violate the right to health and life of people all
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the world. A human rights approach to ending tobacco is unique because it implores or requires governments to protect their citizens by implementing tobacco control laws and strategies to end the tobacco epidemic based on legally-binding human rights norms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN0Y9L-JhiM
