Le nkinga engakaze ibonwe ngenxa yomqedazwe we-Covid-19 (coronavirus) iletha ingxenye yayo yezimanga nsuku zonke. Namuhla sifunda ukuthi iBig Tobacco ibingase isebenzise leli thuba lenkinga yezempilo ekhona ngenxa ye-coronavirus ukuze ithuthukise isithombe sayo futhi iwine imingenelo kwezombusazwe.
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Iziqhwaga ezimbili zemboni kagwayi ziyaphika ukuthi zisebenzisa le nkinga yezempilo ekhona ngenxa ye-coronavirus ukwenza ngcono isithombe sazo futhi zizuze imingenelo kubantu bezepolitiki.
Okubuzwayo, umnikelo we I-Papastratos, iketango le UFiliphu Morris International, kusuka kuma-ventilators angama-50 kuya ezibhedlela eGreece, ukuze babasize lapho kubhebhetheka lolu bhubhane. Noma lo omunye umnikelo ovela kuPhilip Morris International, obungafinyelela esigidini samadola, ku I-Red Cross yaseRomania. Philip Morris International kanye I-Imperial Tobacco nabo bobabili banikele ngemali e-Ukraine.
Abamelene nalezi zinkampani bazigxeka izenzo zokunxenxa ohulumeni bamazwe okukhulunywa ngawo ukuba baxegise imingcele ebekwe embonini kagwayi. Baphinde baveze, ngokuphambene nocwaningo olushicilelwe, ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kukagwayi kwandisa ingozi yokuhlushwa uhlobo olubi noma olubulalayo lwe-Covid-19.
Kwabanye, imane ingqubuzana nomthetho I-FCTC, lo I-World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention sokulwa nogwayi, isivumelwano esaqala ukusebenza ngo-2005 sokulwa nemiphumela yokusetshenziswa kukagwayi.
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Bobabili uPhilip Morris International kanye ne-Imperial Tobacco bawaphikile amacala futhi bayawaphika ukwephula i-WHO Framework Convention, bethi iziphathimandla zibacelile usizo. " I-Imperial Tobacco
I-Ukraine ingumqashi ohamba phambili e-Kyiv. Iziphathimandla zezifunda namaqembu endawo asicela ukuba sinikele ngomshini wokuphefumula esibhedlela. “Ngalokho ivikele inkampani esibikweni esibhekiswe kozakwethu abavelaAma-Euronews.
Natalia Bondarenko, umqondisi wezindaba zangaphandle zikaPhilip Morris Ukraine, uqinisekisa ukuthi umongameli wase-Ukraine UVolodymyr Zelensky ucele abaholi bamabhizinisi abaphezulu ukuthi basize ngesikhathi senhlekelele ye-Covid-19. " I-WHO FCTC ayikuvimbeli ukusebenzisana phakathi kwezinkampani zentengiso nezinhlangano zikahulumeni esho, ebhekise ezenzweni zeqembu lakhe e-Ukraine, Romania naseGreece. " Idinga ukuthi amaqembu asebenze ngaphakathi kohlaka lomthetho kazwelonke wezempilo yomphakathi kanye nokulawula ugwayi mayelana nezohwebo nezinye izintshisekelo zemboni yokulawula ugwayi. Lokhu kunikezwa kusho ukuthi abalawuli kumele benze ngokungachemi futhi ngokusobala. Umnikelo wethu wenziwa ngokuhambisana ngokugcwele nomthetho, okubonisa ubuqotho nokungafihli lutho kwethu".
Kuhlala kuphela UDkt Mary Assunta, Inhloko Yocwaningo Lomhlaba Wonke kanye Nokumela e- I-Global Centre for Good Governance in Tobacco Control okusebenza ikakhulukazi kunqubomgomo yamazwe ngamazwe yokulawula ugwayi, le minikelo iphula ngokusobala izimiso ezimbili ze-FCTC.
« Njengamanje, ohulumeni abaningi basengozini ngenxa yokuthi abanayo imali yokulwa nalolu bhubhane. Izinkampani ezinjengoPhilip Morris zisebenzisa lesi simo ukuze zinikele ezinhlanganweni nakohulumeni. Lokhu kuyingxenye yesu labo lokulungisa isithunzi sabo futhi bathole ukufinyelela kosopolitiki uyamemezela.
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