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Sonja von Eichborn

@seichborn.bsky.social

Director @unfairtobacco.bsky.social, committed to a tobacco-free world, human rights, democracy, environment unfairtobacco.org

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At the past two German Conferences for #Tobaccocontrol we listened to important Black voices from #Africa:

Brenda from #Zambia & Donald from #Malawi , thank you for sharing your views and experiences!;πŸ™πŸ»

Let's continue to listen, learn, support and honour Black voices! πŸ‘‚πŸ‘οΈπŸ§ πŸ€πŸ’

#BlackHistoryMonth

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Tobacco Control from Geneva to Heidelberg - unfairtobacco Tobacco control needs many voices: young people in Geneva, health and policy experts in Heidelberg

Thank you, Brenda, for sharing insights into #BigTobacco 's strategies to undermine #tobaccocontrol in tobacco growing countries like #Zambia:
unfairtobacco.org/en/tobacco-control-from-geneva-to-heidelberg/#/international

#blackhistorymonth

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Lawsuits against tobacco companies, Malawi: Exploitation of farmers - unfairtobacco Overview of a lawsuit launched by Malawi tobacco farmers against British tobacco companies.

Thank you, Donald, for also contributing to our brochure. Showing us how tobacco farmers and their children in #Malawi fight back against #BigTobacco:

unfairtobacco.org/en/material/...

#blackhistorymonth

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#KinderOhneAlkoholUndNikotin
#Kinderrechte #RechtAufGesundheit

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Danke, dass ihr das gerade rΓΌckt! πŸ™πŸ»

Es sind die VerbΓ€nde und Unternehmen dieser Industrien, die #Sucht bewusst und fΓΌr ihre #Profite erzeugen.
Es sind dieselben VerbΓ€nde und Unternehmen dieser Industrien, die ihre Verantwortung fΓΌr Sucht auf Individuen schieben.
#Tabakkontrolle #Alkoholpolitik

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#KinderOhneAlkoholUndNikotin

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Kinder ohne Alkohol und Nikotin Wir fordern ein Gesetz, das Kinder und Jugendliche vor Alkohol- und Nikotin-Marketing schΓΌtzt. Um Kinder und Jugendliche zu schΓΌtzen, muss Marketing fΓΌr Alkohol- und Nikotinprodukte vollstΓ€ndig beende...

Im Sinne der #PrΓ€vention ist natΓΌrlich auch eine ErhΓΆhung der Steuern auf #Alkohol empfehlenswert.
#CDoH #KinderOhneAlkoholUndNikotin

kinder-ohne-alkohol-und-nikotin.de

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Economics for Health

Ja, es ist Zeit fΓΌr eine ErhΓΆhung der #Tabaksteuer ... denn
"The country [Germany] has not been able to reduce cigarette affordability since 2022."

www.economicsforhealth.org/cigarette-ta...

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#bluelz

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#KinderOhneAlkoholUndNikotin

#Werbeverbot für Alkohol = eine der Maßnahmen, die als #BestBuys gelten, also besonders kostengünstig und effektiv ...
#CDoH

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Youth Smoking and the Right to Health in Indonesia
YouTube video by Unfairtobacco Youth Smoking and the Right to Health in Indonesia

Watch a teenager from Indonesia telling his story into smoking: www.youtube.com/watch?v=may7...

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Tobacco harms the environment and the climate Read here how tobacco destroys the environment and the climate. That's what's in a cigarette: chemicals, deforestation and toxic waste.

Wonder how tobacco harms the environment and the climate? Check it out here on the @unfairtobacco.bsky.social website: unfairtobacco.org/en/tobacco-h...

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#Kinderrechte #KinderOhneAlkoholUndNikotin #Tabakkontrolle

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Tobacco Slave - STOP This film shines a light on the plight of tobacco farmers in Malawi as they describe, in their own words, what growing tobacco is really like.

Watch this documentary by @tcrgbath.bsky.social to get a sense of tobacco farmers' plight
exposetobacco.org/campaigns/to...

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bsky.app/profile/unfa...

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#Tabaklobby
#TobaccoIndustryInterference

@corporateeurope.org
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social

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Mushrooms from the tobacco barn - unfairtobacco In Zimbabwe, the Utariri Programme supports farmers to venture into climate friendly alternatives with short cultivation periods and low socio-ecological footprints: oyster mushrooms, small grains, ap...

Thanks for this valuable research, written by @tcrgbath.bsky.social experts.

How farmers in Zimbabwe could successfully escape the tobacco trap, you can find out here: unfairtobacco.org/en/alternati...

#FoodNotTobacco

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... Tabak kann man nicht essen ...

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#FoodNotTobacco = #TobaccoControl
find examples of farmers who #quitTobacco with success

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#KinderOhneAlkoholUndNikotin

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Review of our Unfairtobacco work in 2025, a year packed with activities.
πŸ—£οΈ We met a huge number of people and young people with whom we shared our knowledge and discussed sustainable solutions & transformation.
πŸ‘‰ Read more here: unfairtobacco.org/en/year-in-r...
#Unfairtobacco #GlobalLearning

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Unser RΓΌckblick auf die #Unfairtobacco Arbeit 2025, einem mit AktivitΓ€ten vollgepackten Jahr.
πŸ—£οΈ Wir haben enorm viele Menschen & Jugendliche getroffen, mit denen wir unser Wissen geteilt und ΓΌber nachhaltige LΓΆsungsansΓ€tze diskutiert haben.
πŸ‘‰ Hier reinlesen: unfairtobacco.org/jahresrueckb...

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#KinderOhneAlkoholUndNikotin
jetzt auch noch Zahnstocher ...

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#KinderOhneAlkoholUndNikotin
HΓΆhere Preise schΓΌtzen Kinder und Jugendliche vor dem Einstieg in eine #Sucht, die hierzulande noch immer verharmlost wird.
#Kinderrechte #UNKRK

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#KinderOhneAlkoholUndNikotin

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wer lieber einen Newsletter liest, kann sich hier eintragen
unfairtobacco.org/newsletter/

#Tabakkontrolle #Menschenrechte #Umwelt

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The fight for #humanrights and a tobacco-free world requires persistence. 🌬️
We depend on your support to achieve this! 🫲
You can contribute by donating to Unfairtobacco. 🫢

πŸŽ„Tip: On Advent Sundays, betterplace adds an extra 25%.
πŸ“ www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

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map showing main tobacco growing countries in Africa and Asia, their area under tobacco cultivation, the proportion of population under risk of food insecurity, and number of people who could be fed if food was grown instead of tobacco.
Text under map:
Tobacco Growing or Food
More than 17 million people around the world work in tobacco farming, primarily in low- and middle-income countries such as Brazil, Indonesia or Zimbabwe. Farmers in these countries struggle to make a living from tobacco growing. Their income is often so low that there is no money left to pay any workers and child labour is widespread.
In some countries, tobacco growing contributes to food insecurity. When fields are planted with tobacco, they can no longer be used to grow food.
In tobacco growing countries such as Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania, significant proportions of the population are at risk of food insecurity. Seven of the ten countries with the largest area under cultivation are in Asia and Africa. If food was grown in these countries instead of tobacco, more than 11 million people could be fed.
map and text from Unfairtobacco

map showing main tobacco growing countries in Africa and Asia, their area under tobacco cultivation, the proportion of population under risk of food insecurity, and number of people who could be fed if food was grown instead of tobacco. Text under map: Tobacco Growing or Food More than 17 million people around the world work in tobacco farming, primarily in low- and middle-income countries such as Brazil, Indonesia or Zimbabwe. Farmers in these countries struggle to make a living from tobacco growing. Their income is often so low that there is no money left to pay any workers and child labour is widespread. In some countries, tobacco growing contributes to food insecurity. When fields are planted with tobacco, they can no longer be used to grow food. In tobacco growing countries such as Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania, significant proportions of the population are at risk of food insecurity. Seven of the ten countries with the largest area under cultivation are in Asia and Africa. If food was grown in these countries instead of tobacco, more than 11 million people could be fed. map and text from Unfairtobacco

So sad that #Malawi is still depending so much on #tobacco exports to earn forex for debts.
#DebtRelief & #ExitTobacco
growing #FoodNotTobacco should be part of the solution, supporting smallholder farmers on household level

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β€œCOP11 … marked a decisive moment in the FCTC’s evolution, reaffirmed its continued relevance and demonstrated Parties’ increasing willingness to adopt measures that address the structures that support the tobacco industry and sustain the epidemic.”

β€œCOP11 … marked a decisive moment in the FCTC’s evolution, reaffirmed its continued relevance and demonstrated Parties’ increasing willingness to adopt measures that address the structures that support the tobacco industry and sustain the epidemic.”

Members of our #TobaccoTactics team have co-authored a new editorial in @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social on the progress made on key agenda points at the recent Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control #FCTCCOP11.

πŸ‘‰ Read the editorial: doi.org/10.1136/tc-2...

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RΓΌckblick auf die #WHOFCTC COP11 πŸ”
Genf, 17.-22. Nov. 2025

Abschließende Sitzung: Jugend-Delegation πŸ”½
πŸ“£"Youth are experts, advocates and innovators driving tobacco control!"

#Partizipation #WHOCOP11 #Tabakkontrolle

NachzuhΓΆren hier: player.4am.ch/who/20251117...

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