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A record 349 million people face acute food insecurity. Meanwhile, 124 countries continue to grow to***co as a cash crop, using up 3.2M hectares of fertile land that could be used to grow food.

This ***coDay, WHO calls on governments to end to***co growing subsidies and use the savings to support farmers to switch to more sustainable crops that improve food security and nutrition.

World No To***co Day 2023: Grow food, not to***co A local Kenyan farmer tells the story of how switching from growing to***co to beans changed her life. Growing to***co is a time intensive crop that harms he...

The city of Cape Town introduced new smoke-free spaces in 2022, having amended a local workplace policy to ensure fewer places to smoke or purchase ci******es within all buildings owned by the city.

Hear from young people in university and primary schools who joined activities to clean beaches and advocate for smoke-free policies!

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To***co: Cape Town advocates for clean smoke free spaces For World No To***co Day 2022 the City of Cape Town, South Africa updated its internal smoking policy to protect their employees, planet and their citizens. ...

No country has been spared from to***co industry interference. But even in the most challenging of times, some governments acted boldly to address the interference.

STOP's 2021 Global To***co Industry Interference Index sheds light on all the ways the to***co industry exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to entice, persuade and coerce governments towards weaker public health policies.
https://exposeto***co.org/wp-content/uploads/GlobalTIIIndex2021.pdf

To***co is public health enemy number one. It kills 8 million people every year. The to***co industry does everything it can to undermine global to***co control.

To***co industry interference takes many forms. Some of these include:
• maneuvering to hijack the political and legislative process
• exaggerating the economic importance of the industry
• manipulating public opinion to gain the appearance of respectability
• fabricating support through front groups
• discrediting proven science
• intimidating governments with litigation or the threat of litigation

WHO: Stop to***co industry interference To***co is public health enemy number one. It kills six million people every year. The to***co industry does everything it can to undermine anti-to***co work...

Achieng Obare describes how her life changed for the better after she switched from farming to***co to beans. She is one of hundreds of farmers in Kenya's southwestern Migori county who is transitioning away from farming to***co to a healthier alternative, with support from the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN.

Planting high iron beans instead means that farmers are not exposed to the negative impacts of to***co. With the switch, the health and livelihoods of these farmers are improving, children who previously worked on the farms are in school, the crops are better for the environment, and there is another source of food.

To***co free farming in Kenya. Alice Achieng Obare describes how her life changed for the better after she switched from farming to***co to beans. She is one of hundreds of farmers in Keny...