This analysis elaborates on the relationships depicted in the visual illustrating the Foundation’s work vis-à-vis the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals1 (herein referred to as SDGs). The 2030 Agenda for SDGs provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet. The blueprint is predicated on goals and targets that seek to balance the three dimensions – economic, social, and environmental – of sustainable development and is reviewed using a set of well-defined global indicators.2 The Foundation’s SDG map and this legend identify relevant goals and within them specific targets and associated indicators the Foundation aims to materially impact.
The purpose of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World is to improve global health by ending smoking in this generation, while mitigating the effects of this transformation on tobacco farmers and tobacco-dependent economies. The Foundation’s Strategic Plan is supported by three core initiatives: Health, Science, and Technology; Agriculture and Livelihoods; and Industry Transformation. All three initiatives naturally intersect with several of the SDGs. The SDGs thus provide a valuable framework to assess the coherency and interdependence of the Foundation’s core initiatives.
1 United Nations. Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Platform. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs.
2 United National General Assembly. Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on July 6,2017. Published July 10, 2017. https://undocs.org/A/RES/71/313.
My latest interview for @WhyIsThisAPod is with @swimdaily - we talk about his role in @SmokeFreeFdn, his career in #publichealth & the importance of #tobaccocontrol. Plus he gives me, a smoker, some reasons to kick the habit. Join us won't you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB8b0NfHa2A
@BusinessLiveSA The SA government also lost close to R6.5 billion of tax revenue during the ban. Now that illicit trade has expanded dramatically, the government stands to lose much more. @swimdaily and @TonyLeonSA discussed this topic at the end of the ban last year: https://twitter.com/SmokeFreeFdn/status/1305280575301922819
On the latest episode of the Global Health Perspectives podcast, @TonyLeonSA & Derek Yach (@swimdaily) discuss the tax revenue lost (close to R6.5 billion) due to the recently lifted South Africa #tobacco and #alcohol ban. Click here for the full episode: https://bit.ly/355rptJ
For a transcript of Derek Yach’s (@swimdaily) keynote from @GFNicotine 2021 #GFN21, click here: https://www.smokefreeworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Derek-Yachs-Speech-at-GFN2021-cover1.pdf
When addressing how the FCTC needs to be changed Derek Yach @swimdaily says "We must be thinking more clearly about what regulate relative to risk means." #GFN21 @GFNicotine
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