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The Observer : British American Tobacco’s attempt to win public health contracts so that its e-cigarettes can be promoted as smoking cessation aids has been branded “a disgrace” by the public health minister.

Coconuts: Smoking will be banned in parts of 33 Yangon Region townships over the next five years, state media reported this week. The move aims to reduce tobacco consumption within the city.

Toronto.com : Students could soon learn trivia and play games while walking to five schools in Scarborough and Etobicoke as part of a pilot project that aims to reduce vehicular traffic at schools.

Milenio: Hundreds of orange cones and half a dozen city planners intervened in a school zone in Iztapalapa to redistribute spaces in the street and improve the safety of students from three schools in the demarcation, east of Mexico City.

Marketing Przy Kawie: The organization claims that posting with photos of cigarettes and smoking is part of the strategy of companies in more than 40 markets.

The Asean Post: Despite the staggering number of deaths, Thailand will not be increasing its cigarette tax hike.

Le Lezard: The City of Toronto Vision Zero Road Safety Plan includes several initiatives that support the safety, education and wellbeing of all students as they head back to school Tuesday morning.

IHeart Radio: The city says all of these initiatives are underway. They have also installed red light cameras at 142 new locations.

Bem Parana: Curitiba will receive a US $ 50,000 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies for the implementation of the Transit Oriented Inclusion (TOI) project, a geo-referenced platform aimed at improving the efficiency of Mobility Services for People with Disabilities (PcD).