CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT

As part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, SDG3 – “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all ages” – UN member states pledged to “Strengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [WHO FCTC] in all countries, as appropriate.”. This pledge is known as Target 3.a. 

Article 5.3 of the WHO’s FCTC notes that there is a fundamental and irreconcilable conflict between public health interests and tobacco industry interests. At No More Butts, we believe that this conflict also extends to the impact on the environment.

Although we are not a state actor covered directly by Article 5.3, as a non-governmental organisation that advocates for the protection of our natural environment, No More Butts does not engage with the tobacco industry and those furthering its interests.

As per the Handbook for non-state actors on engagement with the World Health Organization, the latter includes but is not limited to: "entities and subsidiaries engaged in the manufacturing, distribution and/or sale of tobacco or tobacco-related products; entities working to specifically further the interests of the tobacco industry through lobbying, advertising, legal advice or similar activities; entities being funded, supported or influenced in their governance by tobacco-related entities; and entities having tobacco industry or their representatives among their members.” 

All volunteers or future employees of No More Butts will be asked to complete a Conflict of Interest Declaration and may be excluded from engaging with the charity.