If you are interested in tobacco farming – or if you are a tobacco grower yourself –, you have probably heard a lot about tobacco growers' associations in your country or region. Some of them are really well-structured and have been around for decades.

Theoretically, they should always support tobacco farmers. But do they actually represent tobacco growers' interests? Or is this just another myth?

Our guest:

Dr. Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva – executive secretary of Brazil’s National Commission for the Implementation of the WHO FCTC (Conicq), former head of the Convention Secretariat, and member of the WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Articles 17 and 18.

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Unlocking the Tobacco Supply Chain is a podcast produced by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Knowledge Hub for Articles 17 and 18, which is based in Brazil, in the Center for Studies on Tobacco and Health from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.

The information and views set out on this podcast are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (the Protocol), or the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC and its Protocols.