India's Tobacco Farmers Excluded from WHO Conference, Sparking Outcry

Imagine a big meeting where countries talk about rules for tobacco.

Many Indian farmers grow tobacco, and they want to share their ideas because these rules could affect their jobs.

But the group running the meeting, called the FCTC secretariat, said the farmers can't come because their interests aren't the same as the meeting's goals.

The farmers' group, FAIFA, thinks this is unfair and wrong.

They say the rules are supposed to help farmers too, and it's not right to make decisions without hearing from the people who grow tobacco.

Millions of people in India depend on growing tobacco, and FAIFA worries these decisions could harm them.