The Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC), a partner in STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog, announced the winners of the 2020 STOP Global Media Competition: “Expose Tobacco Industry Manipulation, Save the Next Generation.”
Entrants were asked to create posters, infographics and short videos calling out the harm caused by the tobacco industry and its profit-driven targeting of youth. Twelve global winners and eight national-level special prize winners were selected from more than 450 entries from over 40 countries. Winners were selected based on a combination of judges’ scoring and online votes. Special prize winners were determined by GGTC’s country partners.
Participants from Nepal and the Philippines won the top prizes in the Simple Graphics Category, while finalists from El Salvador, Nepal, Indonesia, Lebanon, Philippines, and the United States won in the Complex Graphics Category. Entries from Nepal and Indonesia received the Judges’ Choice Award. Special prizes were also awarded by partner organizations in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines, Ukraine and Vietnam. All the winning entries can be viewed at exposetobacco.org/news/gmc-winners.
“We received an overwhelming response to this competition. More than 127,000 people reacted, commented and shared the posts on Facebook, and we reached an estimated 500,000 people on GGTC’s social media pages. The entries tell us that the tobacco industry’s targeting and manipulation of youth persists even during the COVID-19 pandemic, through cigarettes and new electronic products. They put a spotlight on the urgent need for action: Governments must act to stop the industry’s underhanded tactics, or the next generation will suffer the consequences,” said Ms. Bungon Ritthiphakdee, executive director of GGTC, a partner in STOP, which organized the competition.
