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The Nation: The Thai capital and 53 other cities in the world have pledged under the partnership to enact one of 10 proven policies identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as effective in protecting people from exposure to non-communicable diseases and injury risk factors.

PR Newswire: Tobacco companies are secretly advertising cigarettes on social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter by paying social media influencers – popular young people with large online followings – to post images of cigarettes and smoking as part of a marketing strategy documented in more than 40 countries.

The Nation: The Thai capital and 53 other cities in the world have pledged under the partnership to enact one of 10 proven policies identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as effective in protecting people from exposure to non-communicable diseases and injury risk factors.

Punch: President of the American Vaping Association, Gregory Conley, said public health organisations rather than demonising smoking must concentrate on helping smokers find safe alternatives. He said cigarette smoking was a reality the world had to live with rather than seeking to completely wipe it out.

The Guardian (Tanzania): The course will benefit physicians from Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Zambia and Malawi who will complete it online, providing wider availability and flexibility for medical training.

Bangkok Post: Early findings from traffic data collected by new partnership- supported cameras to reduce road deaths show that one in five motorcyclists drives above the speed limit.

Health-E News: The tobacco industry is spending vast sums of money to fight government’s attempts to tighten smoking laws and regulate electronic cigarettes – and it has managed to recruit some unlikely allies.

Diario de Burgos: Tobacco is a state problem for many countries of the planet, especially for those less developed, where the young population is high as well as vulnerable, but also for those of the first world, who invest huge amounts of money in order to prevent and cure conditions related to smoke.

News-town: Bangkok has joined as one of the 54 cities of the 50 cities worldwide network of non-communicable diseases and injuries (Partnership for Healthy Cities) sponsored by the Bloomberg Philanthropies.