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Forbes: Vital Strategies has launched the #QuitBigTobacco campaign that urges companies to cut ties with advertising agencies that work with tobacco companies.

Exchange 4 Media: An anti-smoking digital billboard campaign was launched by Vital Strategies, a global health organization, at the popular DLF Cyber Hub in Gurgaon. For the next four weeks, the billboard will detect a smoker lighting a cigarette or bidi in front of it and respond by launching a short video.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.