Vital Stories Helping Smoke-free Policies Take Root in Vietnam In Vietnam, compliance in smoke-free areas still has its challenges. As difficult as changing policy is changing social norms.
Press Room Governments aren’t doing enough to reduce the health and economic cost of preventable lung cancer Lung cancer is the cause of 19.4 percent of all cancer deaths. It is the most common cause of cancer-related death in men and second most common cause of cancer-related death in women, after breast cancer. Globally, it kills around 1.7 million people every year.
Press Room FDA’s Tobacco Plan Could Save Lives Vital Strategies has welcomed an announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding its intention to decrease the burden of tobacco-related harm in the USA by regulating nicotine levels and, potentially, flavorings in tobacco products.
Press Room France and Britain’s Gas and Diesel Automobile Ban: A Good Long Term Goal That Requires Near-Term, Broader Measures To Deliver Real Health Gains Vital Strategies applauds the decisions of France and the United Kingdom (UK) to prohibit the sales of gasoline and diesel powered automobiles by 2040.
Vital Stories Graphic warnings on tobacco save lives, and now cover almost half the world’s population Among the many findings of the Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, released by the World Health Organization (WHO) this week, was the rapid increase in the use of graphic health warning labels on cigarette packages worldwide.
Press Room Tobacco Use Continues to Ravage Countries With Weak Tobacco Control Laws Vital Strategies has welcomed the publication of the World Health Organization (WHO) report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2017. In this year’s report, it was revealed that 4.7 billion people - almost two-thirds of the world’s population, are now protected by at least one measure at the highest level of achievement.
Press Room Reuters’ Report Highlights The Tobacco Industry’s Disdain For Laws That Protect Health Vital Strategies has commended Reuters on an investigative exposé that reveals fresh, concrete evidence from internal tobacco industry documents that Philip Morris and other players in the tobacco industry are intentionally contravening India’s tobacco control laws and encouraging others to break the law, in order to addict a new generation of smokers.
Vital Stories Building a Community of Lung Health Specialists in Ethiopia Vital Strategies’ East Africa Training Initiative (EATI) has made great strides in recent months in its goal to provide medical training to Ethiopian doctors in the area of lung health. EATI gives state-of-the-art chest medicine training to Ethiopian fellows by recruiting faculty from leading medical schools in Europe and America to teach them in Addis Ababa.
Vital Stories Investigation by The Guardian: Tobacco industry’s dirty war for the African market This investigative story by The Guardian supported by Vital Strategies, exposes how big tobacco firms use threats and intimidation to suppress tobacco control in Africa.
Press Room Tobacco Companies Are Threatening Governments in at Least Eight African Countries, For Using Proven Policies To Protect The Health of Their Citizens Vital Strategies has commended The Guardian newspaper for exposing the tobacco industry’s insidious practices across a number of countries in Africa. The continent is seen as a major prize for the industry; without strong tobacco control policies.