The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a strong warning in 2024 about the tobacco industry's manipulative tactics to target young people. The WHO accuses tobacco companies of using social media, sports and music festivals, and flavored products to attract a new generation to nicotine. Despite claims of environmental sustainability, the industry’s practices have a massive environmental footprint. The WHO highlights the industry's deceptive marketing strategies, such as designing e-cigarettes to look like school supplies and offering free samples at sponsored events. The organization also points out that these tactics contribute to the addiction and death of 8 million people annually. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the WHO criticized the industry's dishonest harm reduction claims, emphasizing the need to break this cycle of harm.
The @WHO just issued a new report exposing the tobacco industry's tactics to hook kids for life. "It's dishonest to talk about harm reduction when they are marketing to children," @DrTedros said. Check out the report👇 #TobaccoExposed https://t.co/ekCbwngbsM
The global tobacco industry is using “manipulative” tactics to “aggressively” target and hook youth on smoking, the WHO warned. READ MORE: https://t.co/7TuwPCd9wY https://t.co/7TuwPCd9wY
Tobacco industry ‘aggressively’ targeting youth with ‘manipulative’ tactics: WHO https://t.co/gLa3uYc5Da https://t.co/AJwUu5ql0y
Tobacco companies still actively target young people via social media, sports and music festivals and new, flavored products, the World Health Organization said, accusing companies of trying to hook a new generation on nicotine https://t.co/veRczZb74N https://t.co/mOYLM30HdH
Big Tobacco will stop at nothing to reach their audience… even if it means they kill 8 million people a year with their products. It’s time to step in and call them out. Join the campaign: https://t.co/0WZ7njEukK #TobaccoExposed https://t.co/12wLjdBrnN
Free samples! Sponsored events! Younger customers! Tobacco industry marketing might look and feel different, but it’s all the same lies and deception that has caused addiction, harm and destruction for decades. Expose big tobacco: https://t.co/FF3Z4N42h4 #TobaccoExposed https://t.co/C7vfAzD2Um
When e-cigarettes are designed to look like school supplies or taste like candy, it’s obvious that the tobacco industry is directly targeting young people. It’s time to step in and put an end to these manipulative tactics: https://t.co/0WZ7njEukK #TobaccoExposed https://t.co/U2GjCfmxTw
For years, the tobacco industry has used manipulative tactics to cover up how harmful their products really are. 💀🚬 Too bad for them, it's 2024 and our voice countering their lies is getting louder. #TobaccoExposed Let’s break this cycle of harm: https://t.co/0WZ7njEukK https://t.co/d8hAM6PKFB
The tobacco industry says it’s committed to environmental sustainability… but its MASSIVE environmental footprint says otherwise. This must stop. It’s time to step in. #TobaccoExposed https://t.co/AFI2wpfErp