Cheaper cigarettes: how this idea got so far (and why it didn’t work out)
At the beginning of the Bolsonaro administration, an old demand from the manufacturer of the Lucky Strike and Kent cigarette brands formed part of the agenda in Sergio Moro’s Ministry of Justice. Joio had access to documents that help to understand this story
The many faces of the tobacco industry lobby
How cigarette manufacturers have multiplied entities and established themselves inside the Brazilian government in order to hinder the execution of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, of which Brazil is a signatory.
Amprotabaco: the mayor network in defense of the industry
How an entity created ten years ago in the South of Brazil became a network of politicians that govern with their backs turned to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and any law that dares to get in the way of a product which kills 160 thousand people per year in the country The inauguration […]
Bolsonaro deputy leader admits to being “in cahoots” with Minister Onyx to extinguish anti-tobacco collegiate
Video reveals plot between congressman Marcelo Moraes (PTB-RS) and the minister to breach international treaty
Hemmed in by agribusiness, Xavante territory is hit by high Covid-related mortality rates
With pressure on their native land and traditional foods, agrochemicals polluting their rivers, and a high rate of chronic disease have left the Xavante people of Brazil’s Cerrado savanna vulnerable to the pandemic
How the ultraprocessed industry has deceived the Brazilian health agency
A document obtained by Joio reveals the strategies of corporations to block the adoption of a labeling model that could discourage the consumption of ultra-processed products
The day the junk food industry attempted to block the publication of the Brazilian Dietary Guidelines
The former Minister of Health explains how he was pressured by Big Food to bury the document, a reference in this area Arthur Chioro had just assumed his role as the Health Minister of Brazil in February 2014 when he was asked to attend an event in Brasilia. What was meant to be a laid-back […]
“Stranger Things” lurk behind the scenes of the food science industry
Like the Netflix show: strange things are occurring in the realm of science which has a direct impact on the food you eat
