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Jordan Times: In a society where peer pressure accounts for one of the main reasons behind addictive behaviours, children and teenagers are the first at risk of picking up smoking and drug abuse, psychologists agreed in various reports.

Ghana News Agency: Apart from the fact that the approach involved substantially lower implementation cost compared to face-to-face training, it further provided physicians who took the course with the same set of skills that would translate into having comparable standards in cause of death statistics across different countries he said.

The Conversation: Tobacco companies offer a range of cheaper products to help keep people smoking (and entice new consumers to start) while also offering a suite of higher priced brands to really cash in on those unable or unwilling to quit.

Devex: Philip Setel, the director of CRVS at the Data for Health’s implementing partner Vital Strategies, spoke to Devex on the sidelines of the forum about the future of the initiative — and what may be left up in the air without a renewal of funding.

Ottawa Citizen: Cities are often more nimble and have power to quickly make changes to improve public health and safety, she said. They also represent 80 per cent of the world’s population, and growing.