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Economic Times: During the End-TB Summit in New Delhi, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated on 13th March, The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has re-launched “Cough,” a national mass media campaign to warn citizens about the links between TB and tobacco use.

Devex: The International Labour Organization is again under intense pressure from a growing number of stakeholders to put an end to its relationship with big tobacco.

Asian Tribune: More than 2000 delegates from about 100 countries gathered in Cape Town to participate at the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) from 7th to 9th March 2018, to discuss how to strengthen tobacco control measures.

Quartz: Big Tobacco’s fastest growing markets are in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean where regulations are lax and populations are growing, according to the latest edition of the Tobacco Atlas.

Global Health Now: In this second part of a Q&A with Global Health NOW, Frieden shares his insights on the CDC’s budget needs, differences in federal funding for the NIH vs. the CDC, and the challenge of fighting noncommunicable diseases.

India Today: The worlds biggest tobacco companies make a profit equivalent to USD 9,730 for the death of each smoker, claims a report which found that the industry is increasingly profiting from vulnerable populations of countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

Global Health Now: He launched the initiative (as part of Vital Strategies) in September 2017 with $225 million in funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Gates Foundation.