Tobacco is big business. The industry is expected to generate almost US$ 700 billion globally by 2021. This scale makes the industry a formidable foe for those hoping to spare people the damaging health effects of tobacco addiction. In 2018, a group in Switzerland launched an initiative to ban tobacco advertising targeted at young people. […]
Swiss upper house votes to further restrict tobacco advertising
Switzerland is one of a small number of countries that has not ratified the World Health Organisation (WHO) ban on tobacco advertising known as FCTC. Currently, Switzerland only bans tobacco advertising on television and radio. The WHO ban goes much further. 181 countries have already ratified the WHO ban. Andorra, Monaco and Liechtenstein are the […]
