Tobacco industry's ITGA fights FCTC implementation in the Uruguay negotiations
Tobacco industry's ITGA fights FCTC implementation in the Uruguay negotiations
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DOI：
10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050222
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发表时间：
2012-11-01
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5.2
通讯作者：
Assunta, Mary
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作者：
Assunta, Mary
目的：说明烟草业的前线组织——国际烟草种植者协会（ITGA）如何动员烟农影响缔约方会议第四届会议（COP4）谈判，并挫败《烟草控制框架公约》第9条和第10条准则以及第17条和第18条进展报告的通过。方法将COP4第9、10、17和18条的相关文献与烟草业报告、英美烟草公司、菲利普莫里斯国际公司和ITGA网站、烟草业高管的演讲以及Legacy tobacco documents Library网站上的行业内部文件进行三角分析。结果菲利普莫里斯国际公司和英美烟草公司拒绝了第9条和第10条准则草案，声称禁止在香烟中添加成分将降低白肋烟叶的商业可行性，使许多国家的烟草种植者遭受经济后果。他们声称，“吸引力”和“适口性”这两个词并不是合适的监管标准。ITGA发起了一项全球运动，动员农民在乌拉圭举行的第四次缔约方会议上拒绝准则草案。烟草生产国巴西、菲律宾、坦桑尼亚、赞比亚、马拉维和津巴布韦派出了大型代表团参加第四次缔约方会议，并积极参与了准则草案的谈判。通过了关于产品监管和披露的第9条和第10条的部分指南。第四届缔约方会议关于第17条的工作为可行的替代品提供了指导，但ITGA反对这一点，并继续反对作物替代。尽管ITGA在国际上发起了阻挠第9条和第10条准则的运动，烟草种植国在第四次缔约方会议上也有强有力的代表，但经过激烈谈判后的结果是通过了部分准则，并继续进行第17条和第18条的工作。
Objective To illustrate how the tobacco industry' front group, the International Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA), mobilised tobacco farmers to influence the fourth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP4) negotiations and defeat the adoption of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Articles 9 and 10 Guidelines and Articles 17 and 18 progress report.Methods A review of COP4 documents on Articles 9, 10, 17 and 18 was triangulated with relevant information from tobacco industry reports, websites of British American Tobacco, Philip Morris International and ITGA, presentations by tobacco industry executives and internal industry documents from the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library website.Results Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco rejected Articles 9 and 10 draft Guidelines claiming that banning ingredients in cigarettes will render burley leaf less commercially viable making tobacco growers in many countries suffer economic consequences. They claimed the terms 'attractiveness' and 'palatability' are not appropriate regulatory standards. The ITGA launched a global campaign to mobilise farmers to reject the draft Guidelines at COP4 in Uruguay. Tobacco producers, Brazil, Philippines, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe, sent large delegations to COP4 and participated actively in the negotiation on the draft Guidelines. Partial Guidelines on Articles 9 and 10 on product regulation and disclosure were adopted. COP4's work on Article 17 provides guidance on viable alternatives, but the ITGA is opposed to this and continues fight crop substitution.Conclusion Despite ITGA's international campaign to thwart the Guidelines on Articles 9 and 10 and a strong representation from tobacco-growing countries at COP4, the outcome after intense negotiations was the adoption of Partial Guidelines and work on Articles 17 and 18 to proceed.