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MEDIA COLLATERAL FOR WORLD TOBACCO GROWERS' DAY
Campaign
image
An image to communicate what is at
the heart of World Tobacco Growers'Day - the farmers.
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World Tobacco Growers' Day press
release
To mark the first-ever World
Tobacco Growers' Day (WTGD) today, tobacco farmers across the globe
are taking part in dozens of events that highlight the economic
importance of tobacco growing to local economies and to emphasise
the disastrous impact proposals from the World Health Organisation
will have on their livelihoods if passed by parties to the
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in just two weeks'
time.
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size: 64KB
WTGD Photographs
A selection of images of farmers
and farmland which can be used to illustrate ITGA related press
releases, articles and features.
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photographs | File size: 87.9 MB
Myths/facts
An overview of the seven most widely held misconceptions
surrounding tobacco growing and their counter arguments.
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File size: 711KB
Short films
Hear our
Voice
A short film from the World's 30 million tobacco growers. Deprived
of a say in the debate on which their livelihoods so depend, the
tobacco growers of the World have taken matters into their own
hands with this short film. Hear their fears and concerns about how
their lives, and those of their families, will be impacted should
recommendations currently being considered by the World Health
Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, pass into
law at November's Conference of the Parties taking place in Seoul,
South Korea.
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35.05MB | File Format: Quicktime
Right to
Grow
ITGA associated African tobacco farmers voice their concerns on
recommendations proposed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). In
this short film, farmers from Africa ask that the Working Group for
the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control take a balanced
view of the current recommendations and engage with the 30 million
tobacco growers worldwide whose livelihoods will be impacted,
should the proposals go ahead.
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| File Format: Quicktime
Asian Tobacco Farming at a
Glance
An overview of the number of farmers, farm workers and their
dependents in key regions throughout Asia and the amount of tax
revenue generated from the crop for the governments of these
countries.
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Document | File size: 234KB
African Tobacco Farming at a
Glance
An overview of the number of
farmers, farm workers and their dependents in key regions
throughout Africa and the amount of tax revenue generated from the
crop for the governments of these countries.
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Document | File size: 129KB
Tobacco Farming, Global
Statistics
Graphic highlighting some key
figures from tobacco growing countries around the world.
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Document | File size: 1MB
COMESA/SADC/SACU Tobacco Value
Chain
Commissioned by the Tobacco
Institute of Southern Africa (TISA), this study measures mainly the
primary elements of the tobacco value chain in 15 African
countries.
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Document | File size: 375KB