Sponsorizzazioni e filantropia

Vingt ans après avoir signé la Convention-cadre de l’OMS pour la lutte antitabac, la Suisse n’a pas ratifié ce traité et reste en retard sur la prévention. Sous l’influence des cigarettiers, le pays privilégie les intérêts économiques, avec des mesures jugées insuffisantes, tandis que 20 000 jeunes tombent chaque année dans l’addiction. Hugo Molineaux, chercheur pour OxySuisse, était notre invité.

Die Tabakindustrie spendet Millionen an Hilfswerke. Auch verschiedene Rotkreuz-Organisationen haben über Jahre Geld von Tabakfirmen angenommen – und das, obwohl das Rote Kreuz auch eine Gesundheitsorganisation ist. Erst 2021 hat der Rotkreuz-Rat entschieden, keine Tabak-Spenden mehr anzunehmen.

Im Wallis dürfen Tabakfirmen keine Musikfestivals sponsern. Trotzdem war British American Tobacco am Caprices Festival präsent. Die Beobachter-Recherche zeigt die Hintergründe.

According to the World Health Organization ( WHO ), tobacco kills nearly six million people a year, including more than 600,000 non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke.

If you ever find yourself browsing the galleries at the British Museum in London, or wandering the halls of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, you might find it surprising that the art you’re admiring is sponsored in part by an industry that causes 8 million deaths every year.

Bangkok, 29 April 2024 – The tobacco industry is using corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities as a tactical smokescreen to clean its tarnished public image and distract the public from its deadly and harmful business, according to the report, “Lifting the Veil of Tobacco Industry’s Corporate Charity in ASEAN” by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). The report examines the detrimental impact of the industry’s CSR activities on public health policy.

“The opioid crisis is horrific. It has been estimated that prescription opioids have killed more than more than 200,000 Americans and 47,000 lives are expected to be lost in 2019 due to opioid addiction. No similar outrage has been expressed by artists, health organizations or the public at the most dominant corporate sponsor of the arts in the United States over the past 60 years, Altria, the parent company of Philip Morris and makers of the top-selling cigarette brand Marlboro.”

-Alan Blum, MD

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to voluntary corporate action that claims to act in the public interest by prioritising social goals rather than being solely profit-driven.