LET US IN THERE IS
NO COP-ROMISE !
While the world ’ s media watched the crucial climate change summit , one of the most important tobacco control conferences took place in secret .
Words : Jordan Millar and Patrick Griffin
In a month marked by meetings , protests and crucial decision-making , global leaders set out to tackle two life-threatening problems … the environmental crisis and the smoking epidemic .
With the whole world watching , policymakers gathered to debate the future of our planet … while the fate of more than a billion smokers was discussed behind closed doors .
And , while the COP26 climate conference dominated newsfeeds and headlines , the secretive COP9 tobacco control summit barely saw the light of day .
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