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Panay News: This city’s best anti-smoking practices will be highlighted in the health communication campaign of Vital Strategies, formerly World Lung Foundation, a nongovernmental organization helping the city government in its anti-smoking initiatives.

Devex : The United Nations high-level meetings on tuberculosis and noncommunicable diseases take place next month, but member states are still at the negotiation table.

Devex: The United Nations high-level meetings on tuberculosis and noncommunicable diseases take place next month, but member states are still at the negotiation table.

WARC: In the same week that the partners in a global tobacco industry watchdog group were announced, studies have highlighted how smoking and media depictions of smoking continue to be common in countries as diverse as Indonesia and the UK.

GMA Network : Billionaire former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday gave a trio of anti-tobacco crusaders $20 million to up their game against an industry aggressively marketing its deadly wares worldwide, especially in developing countries.

Gestion : The founding of billionaire former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg revealed the names of three organizations elected to run STOP, a US $ 20 million grant in three years charged with denouncing the "deceptive practices" of the tobacco industry.

Chronicle of Philanthropy : Michael Bloomberg’s foundation is giving $20 million to three organizations to create a new international tobacco-industry watchdog group called Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products, which will be known as STOP.

Enviro News Nigeria : STOP will be powered by a consortium of three leading anti-tobacco groups, with Vital Strategies joining with its sister organisation, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) as a sub-grantee.