During the @GFNicotine#GFN24, we asked 26 volunteers to pose for a portrait photo; these people have similarities, such as having quit cigarette smoking through harm reduction products and being advocates for vastly safer alternatives to combustible tobacco. We abruptly surprised them during the shoot by offering a couple of cigarettes and photographing them. Some of them were surprised, some were not, and some despised the smell of cigarettes, but all of them expressed that they were not going back to smoking. Harm Reduction products offer a possibility for people unable or unwilling to quit smoking. As known, if you quit smoking before the age of 35, you drastically reduce the chances of suffering a smoking-related disease. So basically, these people are fighting for adults who smoke to have more time, time with their families, time with their loved ones, and time to enjoy their lives. We greatly respect the advocates who give so much of their lives to help others, and we kindly ask again for their forgiveness for putting cigarettes so close to their faces.
Photo: @jeffzam8
1st Assistant and Support: @rovishvaper
2nd Assistant: Yessica Marcik
#portraitphotgraphy #SonyAlpha #tamronlens #godox
#Cop10 Heitor Schuch, federal deputy of Brazil and representative of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the largest tobacco-producing region in Latin America, is one of nine congressmen who have been excluded from entering the COP. #Panamá#COP10FTC
“La transparencia y la participación son fundamentales. Solicitamos un debate amplio sobre las estrategias efectivas para las personas que consumimos nicotina sin combustión. La #COP10 debería ser un escenario primordial para promover la reducción de riesgos y daños para todos los adultos que utilizan estos productos. " 📢📢
#COP10 | La reducción de riesgos y daños complementa la prevención y es efectiva para lograr los objetivos del Convenio Marco para el Control del Tabaco (CMCT) desde la perspectiva de quienes no quieren o no pueden dejar de consumir nicotina.
Y me echaron de la COP10… cuando terminé el directo me puse a grabar algunas pequeñas entrevistas con algún delegado y prensa a quien tampoco dejaban acceder…
Varios miembros de la seguridad privada del evento me rodearon e increparon, tomaron mis datos mientras iban transmitiéndolos por radio a alguien de dentro… y “amablemente” me echaron del recinto
Y mientras tanto, dentro del Convention Center, decidirán nuestro destino pensando sólo en su propio beneficio…
#COP10 #COP10Panama #GoodCOPBadCOP #THR #TobaccoHarmReduction
It’s INSANE that he is being excluded from #COP10
Why all the secrecy @FCTCofficial ? @WHO ? Why exclude stakeholders and consumers?
English translation 👇
#Cop10 Heitor Schuch, diputado federal de Brasil y representante del estado de Rio Grande do Sul, la mayor región de producción de tabaco de América Latina, es uno de los nueve congresistas que han sido excluidos de ingresar a la COP. #Panamá