Hundreds of millions wasted on tobacco

27 Oct 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) is an enormous body with an annual budget of USD 4,840.4 million which is paid by governments, and ultimately by taxpayers, from all over the world. António Abrunhosa, CEO of the International Tobacco Growers’ Association (ITGA), takes a critical look at what the WHO has been doing with funds in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.