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Comprehensive Tobacco Control Would Increase Likelihood of Countries Meeting Targets on TB Reduction

Delay in Pakistan’s Implementation of Large Graphic Warnings Will Cost Lives

According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, over half of adults in India are exposed to SHS at home and around 30% of adults are exposed to SHS at work. The ad campaign, entitled Clinical, was developed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Program uses new communications technology to advance public health data collection and monitoring. Goal is to help 1.2 billion people in 20 countries live healthier, longer lives.

The Tobacco Atlas, Fifth Edition (“The Atlas”), and its companion website TobaccoAtlas.org, were unveiled today by the American Cancer Society and Partners at the 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health.

This series is a first-person anecdotes from Vital Strategies Community Health Workers (CHWs) working on the ground to improve maternal health in Tanzania.

Efforts to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco in the Philippines is moving online, through social media.

Today the Irish Parliament passed legislation to introduce plain standardised packaging for cigarettes in Ireland. The legislation stops the tobacco industry from using pack color and design to appeal to smokers and non-smokers.

Over the past decade, the FCTC has played a central role in calling governments to commit to reducing the burden of tobacco. Critically, it has also provided governments with clear advice about proven strategies that actually reduce tobacco use.

Vital Strategies is proud to be named a partner of Bloomberg Philanthropies groundbreaking Global Road Safety Initiative.  This initiative seeks to combat one of the…