Press Mentions Tobacco Use Kills Over 0.16m In Pakistan Each Year: Tarar The Express Tribune: In Pakistan, tobacco use is a cause of death of around 160,100 persons every year, Federal Minister for National Health Services Saira Afzal Tarar said on Thursday.
Press Mentions Chronic Diseases, Accidents Are The Top Global Health Threats. What Can We Do About It? The Inquirer: All are major public-health issues that Kelly Henning has spent much of her adult life trying to address. Henning, a medical doctor and epidemiologist, has led the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Program since 2007.
Press Mentions Disneyland For Big Tobacco’: How Indonesia’s Lax Smoking Laws Are Helping Next Generation To Get Hooked The Conversation: Indonesia’s potential and productivity are being threatened by the number of deaths associated with smoking. Of the 10% of the world’s smokers who live in South-East Asia, half are in Indonesia.
Press Mentions Increase ‘Sin Tax’ To Augment NHIS – Philips Africa CEO Ghana Web: The struggles of the National Health Insurance Scheme can be alleviated temporarily should government increase taxes on products such as tobacco, alcohol and sugar, and use that revenue to supplement the scheme’s funding the Philips Africa CEO has said.
Press Mentions Cancer Optimism Tempered By ‘Financial Toxicity’ Financial Times: With research showing that up to 40 percent of cancers are preventable, there is a growing role for public health initiatives to support healthier lifestyles and help minimize the risks.
Press Mentions Five Things For Pharma Marketers To Know Medical Marketing & Media: Vital Strategies launched the #QuitBigTobacco campaign to push agencies to end relationships with the tobacco industry and compel clients to refuse to work with firms that also work with tobacco.
Press Room It’s Time Advertising Agencies Quit Big Tobacco Experts from advertising agencies, public relations firms, and public health organizations today called on companies and organizations to pledge not to work with advertising agencies that have tobacco clients during a moderated panel hosted by Vital Strategies.
Press Room Tobacco use is a heart breaker – but strong policies can protect health On World No Tobacco Day, Vital Strategies calls on governments to implement policies to reduce the physical and economic harm of tobacco use – and to ensure that the tobacco industry and its proxies do not interfere with health policy formation or implementation.
Press Room Turkey’s smoke-free campaign supports work to protect the health of non-smokers from heart disease and stroke Turkey is the only country with a high burden of tobacco to adopt all six World Health Organization-recommended best buy measures to reduce tobacco use and non-communicable diseases.
Press Room On TVs across Indonesia, Richard’s story reveals the true cost of smoking The campaign, which is running on national TV stations, prominently features the story of Richard Maradona, a 35 year-old former smoker who gained a second chance at life after two life-saving surgeries to treat his collapsed lung.