Add your name and make Big Tobacco pay!

Dear Friend,

In just a few short weeks, I, and a team of organizers will be heading to the next round of the U.N. global talks on tobacco control. It’s a critical venue to advance our shared campaign to hold Big Tobacco accountable and liable for its deadly products. And to do so in a way that has the most impact for the most people around the world.

It’s absolutely essential that we show up to these meetings because more than 8 million people die from tobacco-related diseases every year. Despite this, we are filling the coffers of one of the world’s most deadly industries with our taxes, our health, our lives, and our planet. But together we have the power to hold this deadly industry accountable and push governments to make Big Tobacco pay.

And that’s where you come in. As we gear up to attend the global tobacco control talks, will you add your name to our demands that governments make Big Tobacco pay?

When we’re at the talks, we’ll deliver your petition signatures to the leadership of the talks, and targetted governments, to let them know that we’ve got tens of thousands of people standing with us to demand that Big Tobacco be made to pay for its deadly products. The more people who sign on, the stronger our position will be at the talks!

Together we can help end Big Tobacco's abuses!

Big Tobacco continues to target its harmful products -- including vaping products -- to youth in the U.S. and around the world, as well as Black and Indigenous people, other people of color, women, and people in the Global South. The industry’s manipulative and deceptive advertising and PR leads to millions of people becoming addicted, developing dozens of illnesses from heart to lung disease and more, and dying.

In addition to the staggering public and individual health costs, the hidden environmental costs of Big Tobacco’s products are astounding. From deforestation to pollution, the industry is causing environmental havoc around the world -- without the consent or choice of the communities it impacts.

Because of its impact on people’s health and the planet, our governments -- including the U.S. government -- are forced to pay billions of dollars to address the impacts of the tobacco epidemic. The money goes to treating the costs of dozens of illnesses caused by first and secondhand smoke -- from heart disease to lung disease and more. This diverts resources that could be used on essential services such as education, food security, and housing.

But there’s something we can do to put a stop to this. Liability is a powerful tool to curb corporate abuse and provide justice to those who have been harmed. And there’s a growing movement to make this deadly industry pay, using tools available to governments and civil society around the world.

Holding these deadly corporations liable is part of how we can get to the root of so many of the problems we face. It is part of the work to create conditions where we all -- no matter what we look like, how much money we have, who we love, or where we come from -- have a chance to thrive and leave a vibrant world for future generations of all beings.

By organizing together, we can make Big Tobacco pay for the costs -- health, financial, environmental, and more -- of its deadly products. Join us to put pressure on public officials to hold the tobacco industry liable as we expose the ways this deadly industry continues to harm us, our loved ones, and our planet. Add your name now, and stand with us as we head to the next tobacco control meeting.

Onward,

Daniel Dorado
Pronouns: he/him/his
Tobacco Campaign Director
Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability stops transnational corporations from devastating democracy, trampling human rights, and destroying our planet. We are building a world rooted in justice where corporations answer to people, not the other way around -- a world where every person has access to clean water, healthy food, a safe place to live, and the opportunity to reach their full human potential.

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