WHO Censorship. This is what the planet wellness Organization is planning

Yes, it is not a print mistake – WHO intends to erase cigaret packages not only from our kiosks – but besides from our culture. Censorship is intended to cover all branches of art, i.e. literature, as well as cinema, music or theatre. Moreover, the law would go backwards in this case. Not only would the creators who would like to put on the screen present an image of a smoker (e.g. by shooting a neo-noire crime scene that is hard to imagine without specified a frame), but besides tv channels or streaming platforms that would broadcast older recordings with specified an image.

So he gets to anyone: both a “cat that smoked a pipe” in a popular fairy tale; fortunate Luck, who has not smoked for any time, but will be accounted for his mistakes from his youth; and soldiers of the National Army who smoke before killing Franz Kutschera. The fresh law is to be deaf to any nuances and act as algorithms in social media that can hand out bans for spreading force to a social run that fights it.

The goal is, of course, to prevent and save the eyes of smokers from a tempting view of a burning cigaret tip. The WHO's intentions may be noble, but if we think about it for a moment, we'll gotta figure out that the ricochet will get the lion's part of our culture. We will quit the “Godfather”, the Pond greater than life or Mad Men. This last show is simply a good example of how a curiosist ban we're dealing with. If the AMC tv series were to stamp out all cigaret scenes, we'd most likely be left with intros and end credits. Although no, the intro would gotta go, too, as we see in it the figure of Don Draper, who holds a cigaret in his hand.

WHO Conference. The bans go much further

Besides, the ban on creators and broadcasters is just the tip of the iceberg. Recommendations on Article 13 of the Tobacco Convention go much further. After its entry into force, journalists will not be able to print any information on smoking, usage pictures of smokers, or study on the scale of addiction. This second evidence is peculiarly unusual due to the fact that the WHO should be afraid with boasting about success in overcoming smoking worldwide. A akin ban would apply to scientists who would no longer print studies on the harmfulness of smoking.

The situation is hard due to the fact that the European Commission is supporting the proposals made by the WHO. What sounds like a grim gag present may shortly be a law. The employees of the tobacco manufacture associated with the solidarity manufacture know this. As a consequence of the changes, they sent a letter to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in September, in which they pointed out that the fresh law would restrict the anticipation of freedom of expression to the trade union, which is contrary to the Polish Constitution.