Health and Globalisation -TOBACCO
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- Health and Globalisation -TOBACCO
- Tobacco companies also
affect global health
- There are concerns that some companies are targeting countries that have not signed the treaty so have fewer restrictions
- Companies are accused of aggressive marketing to target vulnerable populations, and exploiting people's lack of knowledge about tobacco's health effects
- this could result in increased tobacco related illnesses
- Philip Morris International
- world's largest tobacco company and owns the world's top selling brand
- Research and Production
- PMI sells a lot of tobacco products. in 2005 it sold 805 billion cigarettes worldwide
- PMI does research and develop less harmful tobacco products. these measures could help to reduce the number of tobacco-related illnesses worldwide
- Distribution and sales
- Sticks to the 'Framework Convention on Tobacco control' in the countries that have signed it. But uses a different range of advertising and marketing strategies in countries that haven't signed up
- Does have a 'responsible marketing policy'. It's agreed not to market products to children and to put health warnings on all marketing materials and all packaging
- about a third of the
world's population over the age of 15 smoke
- Although wealthier countries are beginning to smoke less it is becoming a huge problem elsewhere - 80% of smokers live in poor countries
- almost 4 million people dies each year from tobacco related illnesses - such as lung cancer and heart disease
- Death rates are rising because these related illnesses can take years to develop
- because they can take a long time to develop, they're traditionally a health problem associated with wealthier countries
- As poorer countries develop and life expectancy increases tobacco related illnesses are becoming more common
- In 2003 the WHO developed a treaty called the 'Framework Convention on Tobacco Control'
- Protects public health by restricting tobacco advertising, regulating the contents of tobacco products, making sure they're packaged and labelled correctly and regulating who they're sold to
- it's hoped these measures will help to reduce the number of global smokers, reducing the number of tobacco related illnesses worldwide
- Protects public health by restricting tobacco advertising, regulating the contents of tobacco products, making sure they're packaged and labelled correctly and regulating who they're sold to
- Tobacco companies also
affect global health
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