COP 10: Activists pressure Big Tobacco over health, environmental harms

Nigeria’s Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have renewed their demand for delegates to the ongoing World Health Organisation (WHO) biennial tobacco control summit in Panamá City, Panamá to make Big Tobacco pay for its abuses. Led by the Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT) and government […]


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