City Health Vital Stories Air Pollution: A Serious Threat to Children’s Health Read the briefing from the Vital Strategies Environmental Health Division and UNICEF on the threat air pollution poses to children’s health in Indonesia
Press Room STOP Congratulates WHO For Rejecting Approach From the Philip Morris International-funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP), a global tobacco industry watchdog, welcomes news that World Health Organization’s Executive Board reaffirmed its position that it will not work with the Philip Morris International-funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World.
CEO Perspective Statement on “Confronting Illicit Tobacco Trade,” A New Report From World Bank Group For too long the tobacco industry has used claims about illicit trade to deter governments from implementing tobacco control policies.
Press Room Statement from José Luis Castro, President and CEO, Vital Strategies, in response to “Confronting Illicit Tobacco Trade,” a new report from World Bank Group “We hope “Confronting Illicit Trade in Tobacco” emboldens governments across the globe to advance global efforts to reduce illicit trade that harms health, equity, governance and government revenues.”
Vital Stories Three Cities Confronting Cancer On World Cancer Day, many of the 54 cities in the Partnership for Healthy Cities are making inspiring progress on public health interventions that can prevent cancer and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
Press Room Governments Can Reduce Half of New Cancer Cases with Stronger Health Policies This World Cancer Day, we urge governments to implement proven, lifesaving policies such as taxes on unhealthy products. Without urgent action, the human and economic toll of cancer will only increase.
Vital Stories 5 Actions Governments Can Take to Fight Cancer This World Cancer Day, we’re bringing attention to concrete steps that governments can take to prevent avoidable cases of this deadly disease — and to champion efforts that are already paving the way.
Press Room Over 100 Organizations from 50 Countries Denounce Attempt to Infiltrate WHO Policy Making By Philip Morris International-funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World Public health experts from around the world have urged the World Health Organization’s Executive Board to reject the Philip Morris International-funded Foundation’s appeal to WHO to collaborate on tobacco control policies.
Press Room Anti-Smoking TV Campaign Will Reach More Than 100 Million Viewers in China A groundbreaking national media campaign underway in China, featuring the harrowing testimony of a former smoker, is expected to reach more than 100 million TV viewers in the world’s largest cigarette market.
Press Room New report uncovers more than 100 think tanks were paid to promote tobacco industry interests An exposé in The Guardian revealed covert financial and business links between the tobacco industry and a global network of business and economic think tanks that have played a key role in undermining tobacco control in dozens of countries.