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According to the study, mothers understand that Chile’s food regulations are designed to combat childhood obesity and agree they are changing perceptions, attitudes and behaviors. Many are changing their purchasing decisions to buy healthier products for their children, who have become promoters of change in their families.

Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP), a global tobacco industry watchdog, welcomes news that World Health Organization’s Executive Board reaffirmed its position that it will not work with the Philip Morris International-funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World.

For too long the tobacco industry has used claims about illicit trade to deter governments from implementing tobacco control policies.

“We hope “Confronting Illicit Trade in Tobacco” emboldens governments across the globe to advance global efforts to reduce illicit trade that harms health, equity, governance and government revenues.”

This World Cancer Day, we urge governments to implement proven, lifesaving policies such as taxes on unhealthy products. Without urgent action, the human and economic toll of cancer will only increase.

Public health experts from around the world have urged the World Health Organization’s Executive Board to reject the Philip Morris International-funded Foundation’s appeal to WHO to collaborate on tobacco control policies.