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WHO calls to #SpeakOut and stop tobacco and related industries exploitation of children and young people

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#TobaccoExposed

Every year the tobacco industry invests over $9B to advertise its products. Increasingly, it is targeting young people with nicotine & tobacco products in a bid to replace the 8 million people that its products kill every year 👉 bit.ly/2XgEn3m
#TobaccoExposed #SpeakOut

Even during #COVID19, tobacco and related industries persist by pushing products that limit people’s ability to fight the virus & recover from the disease. 👉 bit.ly/2XgEn3m
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The tobacco and related industries has offered free branded masks & delivery to your door during #COVID19 quarantine and has lobbied for their products to be listed as ‘essential’. It’s high time to get #TobaccoExposed & #SpeakOut!
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Smoking suffocates the lungs and other organs, starving them of the oxygen they need to develop and function properly. 👉 bit.ly/2XgEn3m #COVID19 #TobaccoExposed

Over 40 million young people aged 13-15 have already started to use tobacco. WHO launched a new kit for school students aged 13-17 to alert them to the tobacco & related industries tactics used to hook them to addictive products: bit.ly/2ArWYQQ
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The toolkit has a set of classroom activities including one that puts the students in the shoes of the tobacco and related industries to make them aware of how the industry tries to manipulate them into using deadly products. 👉 bit.ly/2ArWYQQ
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The toolkit exposes tactics such as parties & concerts hosted by the tobacco & related industries, e-cigarette flavours that attract youth like bubble-gum & candy, e-cigarette representatives presenting in schools, & product placement in popular streaming shows. #TobaccoExposed

WHO calls on all sectors to help stop marketing tactics of tobacco and related industries that prey on children & young people:

1⃣ Schools refuse any form of sponsorship & prohibit representatives from tobacco companies from speaking to students
#TobaccoExposed #SpeakOut

WHO calls on all sectors to help stop marketing tactics of tobacco and related industries that prey on children & young people:
2️⃣ Celebrities & influencers reject all offers of sponsorship
3️⃣ Television & streaming services stop showing tobacco or e-cigarette use on screen

WHO calls on all sectors to help stop marketing tactics of tobacco and related industries that prey on children & young people:
4️⃣ Social media platforms ban the marketing of 🚬 & related products & prohibit influencer marketing
#TobaccoExposed #SpeakOut

WHO calls on all sectors to help stop marketing tactics of tobacco and related industries that prey on children & young people:
5️⃣ Government & financial sector divest from 🚬 & related industries
6️⃣ Governments ban all forms of 🚬 advertising, promotion & sponsorship