CHILD LABOR
Stop Child and Forced Labor: Tobacco Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum, 2009 (USA)
GREEN TOBACCO SICKNESS
Arcury T, et al. (2008) “Green tobacco sickness and skin integrity among migrant Latino farmworkers,” USA (pdf)
Arcury T, et al. (2001) “The incidence of green tobacco sickness among Latino farmworkers,” USA (pdf)
PESTICIDE POISONING
Khan D, et al. (2010) “Risk assessment of pesticide exposure on health of Pakistani tobacco farmers” (pdf)
Khan D, et al. (2008) “Adverse effects of pesticides residues on biochemical markers in Pakistani tobacco farmers” (pdf)
Mackinlay H (2008) “Jornaleros agrícolas y agroquímicos en la producción de tabaco en Nayarit” [Mexico] Alteridades (pdf)
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
The Greening of Big Tobacco, Standard Schaefer, Counterpunch, 2007 (USA)
Tobacco Farming and Ecosystem Services: Evaluating Impacts Upon Cultivated and Forest/Woodland Systems, Helmut Geist, 2009 (UK)
Tobacco Farming, Global Tobacco Control, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (pdf)
Healton C, et al., “Butt really? The environmental impact of cigarettes, Tobacco Control, Supplement, May 2011 (pdf)
Deforestation and Cigarettes, TheYdouthink 2011 (USA) [video]
HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights and Tobacco Control Network
Unfair Tobacco (Germany)
Cabrera O, Gostin L (2011) “Human rights and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: mutually reinforcing systems” (pdf)
Cabrera O, Madrazo A (2010) “Human Rights as a Tool for Tobacco Control in Latin America” (pdf)
A State of Fear: Human Rights Abuses in North Carolina’s Tobacco Industry, Oxfam USA, 2011 (pdf)
CROP DIVERSIFICATION AND ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS
Economically sustainable alternatives to tobacco growing (in relation to Articles 17 and 18 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control) Progress Report of the Working Group, 2010
Research for International Tobacco Control, International Development Research Centre (Canada)
GLOBAL CIGARETTE PRODUCTION SECTOR
Cigarette Citadels: The Map Project: Where Are All Those ‘Cancer Sticks’ Produced? Pinpointing the Factories, Stanford University, 2010 (USA)
TRADE
U.S. Trade Proposal Caves to Big Tobacco: U.S. Medical, Public Health, Public Interest Groups Urge Protection for Health & Wealth, August 2013 (pdf)
AFRICA
BAT’S African Footprint, A report by ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) documenting the social, economic, health and environmental impact of BAT’s activity in Africa, 2008
Philip Stein “The Tobacco Trap: The Hidden Cost of Doing Business with the Tobacco Industry” [video]
ARGENTINA
Voces Desde El Surco (Voices From The Fields) [video] Wara Alderete, Argentina, 2005
BANGLADESH
Tobacco Cultivation and its Impact on Food Production in Bangladesh, Farida Akhter, UBINIG, 2008 (Bangladesh)
“Tobacco to Food Crops: A Happy Transition of Farmers in Bangladesh,” UBINIG [video]
“Visit to Najibpur, Kushtia: Farmers got rid of tobacco in Bangladesh,” UBINIG [video]
BOLIVIA
Tobacco Residue: How People in Land in Bolivia Are Affected by Tobacco Growing, 2011 [video]
BRAZIL
Human Rights and Tobacco Farming in Brazil (video) A project of ACTbr (Allanca de Controle do Tabagismo) 18 minutes; 2008, DVD cover: pdf
Tobacco’s Children: Brazil [video] Produced by Sven Irving, 2007; DVD cover [jpeg]
‘Modern servitude in transnational industries’ practices in Southern Brazil,’ [ppt] G Eidt, 13th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, July 2006
BULGARIA
Tobacco Farming in Bulgaria, Rocco Rorandelli, 2010 (Italy)
INDIA
“Alternative Livelihood for Beedi Workers in Southern Districts of Tamilnadu: Best Practices” [video] produced by Dr E Vidhubala, Cancer Institute, Chennai, India, October 2011
“Turning Their Lives to Ashes” [video] the story of worker exploitation in the bidi industry in India. Produced by the Voluntary Health Association of India, 2009
INDONESIA
“Tobacco Farmers in Indonesia” [video]
KAZAKHSTAN
‘Hellish Work’: Exploitation of Migrant Tobacco Workers in Kazakhstan, Human Rights Watch, 2010 [video]
KENYA
“What Does It Feel Like To Be Pregnant Woman Farming Tobacco in Kenya,” 2011 [video]
“I Would Rather Grow Beans,” Kenya, 2011 [video]
“Child Laborers Create Wealth for Tobacco Companies,” Kenya, 2011 [video]
LATIN AMERICA
D Stratenwerth, “Tabakanbau in Lateinamerika,” 2010, German (pdf)
MALAYSIA
Tobacco Trap Cycle of Poverty [video]
MALAWI
Up in smoke: Big Tobacco ruins a small African nation, Earth Island Journal, 2008 (USA)
‘Ana a topa’ [‘The children are tired’] The GASP project to support children who work in the tobacco industry in Malawi,” Guernsey Adolescent Smokefree Project, 2009 [video]
Hard Work, Long Hours and Little Pay, Participatory research with children working on tobacco farms in Malawi, Plan International, 2009 (UK); related video “Malawi’s Tobacco Children”
Child Labour on tobacco plantations in Malawi, Oliver Reinhardt, Zeitenspiegel, 2010 (Germany)
Tobacco’s Children: Malawi [video] Produced by Sven Irving, 2007; DVD cover [jpeg]
NICARAGUA
“City of Cigars” (2005) investigates the health risks associated with producing cigars (video), Jens Pedersen, Producer: a project for the United Federation of Danish Workers
SRI LANKA
“Diminishing Returns” [video] Many farmers in North Central Sri Lanka have begun cultivating tobacco as an alternative crop on (rice) paddy farming lands. This has led to environmental degradation and diminished soil fertility, causing other crop yields to be lower. However, despite such long term problems, many farms continue to cultivate tobacco because initial yields are profitable, and tobacco companies provide loans and initial support for farmers. Produced by the Organization for Visual Progression, 2010
TURKEY
E Kayaalp “Livelihoods up in smoke: Tobacco farming in Turkey” (2009) (pdf)
USA
Justice for Reynolds Tobacco Field Workers, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (USA)
A state of fear: Human rights abuses in North Carolina’s tobacco industry, 2011 (pdf)
Peter Benson, Tobacco Capitalism: Growers, Migrant Workers, and the Changing Face of a Global Industry [book] 2011
Ann Kingsolver, Tobacco town futures: Global encounters in rural Kentucky [book] 2011
