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Vietnam's Ministry of Health launched a new mass media campaign to support Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's Decision 1315, dated 21st August 2009, which mandates smoke-free public places across Vietnam.

The WHO report demonstrates clearly that most governments have failed to address tobacco as a public health crisis.

The website details a six-step process to help governments and non-governmental organizations manage every step of a campaign, including formative research, production, message pre-testing, media planning and buying and campaign evaluation.

The first step is broad recognition that AIDS is inextricably linked to lung disease. While continuing to invest in anti-retroviral drugs to treat people with HIV/AIDS, the global health community must also direct new investment toward badly needed new diagnosis techniques for lung diseases like tuberculosis and pneumonia.

Poland's Ministry of Health launched a new mass media campaign to inform millions of Polish smokers about the serious effects tobacco has on their health and the health of their children.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare's (MOHFW) Tobacco Control Programme today announced the launch of a nationwide television and radio campaign called "Surgeon."

The Public Health Commission of Moscow City Duma launched a new mass media campaign today to warn millions of Russians about the personal harms of smoking and to urge them to quit.

Every year millions of people die needlessly from tuberculosis, malaria, HIV/AIDS, neglected tropical diseases and poor maternal and child health care. The Administration has stated its intent to address these severe issues but has not matched its statements with a clearly articulated policy, adequate funding or a sufficient plan to reform international aid.

The money, which was raised during the New York City Half-Marathon, will fund a grant to the Kenyan Association for Prevention of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

Third Edition, published by the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation, estimates that tobacco use kills some six million people each year- more than a third of whom will die from cancer- and drains US$500 billion annually from global economies.