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On World Asthma Day, Vital Strategies calls upon governments to work together with environmental, public health and other development organizations to deliver clean air policies that would benefit millions of asthma sufferers.

Vital Strategies has congratulated authorities and health advocates in New York City on their work to introduce a series of new policies to curb tobacco use. These policies include raising the minimum price of all tobacco products and reducing through attrition the 9,000 tobacco retailers in NYC.

Progress to reduce smoking in China would reduce the total global burden of tobacco

Vital Strategies has welcomed a ruling from Colombia’s Supreme Court that orders the lifting of censorship of a public service announcement (PSA), “Take It Seriously,” that warns consumers of the health harms of sugary drinks.

Vital Strategies has expressed alarm that Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the nominee for commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration, previously held a position with an e-cigarette company and continues to have declared financial interests in that business.

On World Day for Physical Activity, we take a look at initiatives that workplaces can implement to help their staff stay active and healthy.

On World Day for Physical Activity, Vital Strategies calls on governments, especially city administrations, and organizations of all types to invest in promoting and enabling physical activity.

In response to a new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease study (GBD) published in The Lancet, Vital Strategies calls on governments and civil society to redouble their efforts to implement and support strong tobacco control policies to save one billion daily smokers – and their dependents – from health and economic harm.

Where do electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) fit in the fight against the tobacco epidemic? The public health community has itself been divided on this issue, but the evidence shows there is reason for extreme caution about embracing e-cigarettes.

This move dismisses worldwide scientific consensus around the causes and consequences of climate change, ignores the direct benefits to public health in the US from cleaner air, and undermines the Paris Agreement.