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Global Tobacco Control Updates

• New Report on the Economic Burden of Tobacco Use in Bangladesh

  REPORT | 17 May 2012
  A new report released today by the Human Development Research Center and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids details the alarming health epidemic and economic burden of tobacco use in Bangladesh. Titled “The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Taxation in Bangladesh,” the report highlights the growing tobacco crisis in Bangladesh, a country with one of the highest rates of tobacco consumption in the world.

• Thai Advocates Successfully Counter Tobacco Industry Interference

  RESEARCH ALERT | 16 May 2012
  The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health published a study describing how transnational tobacco companies used multiple strategies to interfere with tobacco control policymaking in Thailand and how the public health community successfully countered them. Findings are based 20 years of documentation on tobacco control advocacy work, review of tobacco industry documents, and key informant interviews.

• Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Honors HHS Assistant Secretary Howard Koh and Australia Attorney-General Nicola Roxon for Fighting Tobacco and Saving Lives

  PRESS RELEASE | 16 May 2012
  The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids will present Dr. Howard Koh, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health, and Nicola Roxon, Australia’s Attorney-General and former Health Minister, with its highest honor, the Champion Award, for their tireless and innovative efforts to reduce tobacco use and stop the tobacco industry from addicting a new generation of smokers.

• Dr. Veronica Schoj of Argentina Honored for Leadership in Global Fight Against Tobacco

  PRESS RELEASE | 16 May 2012
  Dr. Veronica Schoj of Argentina will be honored with the 2012 Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence for her leadership in the fight against tobacco use in Argentina and throughout Latin America. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids will present Dr. Schoj with the award at its annual awards gala on May 17, 2012, in Washington, D.C.

• Russia Requires Graphic Health Warning Labels

  NEWS | 15 May 2012
  Signaling important progress in the global fight against tobacco, the Russian Ministry of Health recently issued a decree mandating the implementation of graphic health warnings on all cigarette packs sold within the country. The collection of 12 graphic warnings – which will be required on tobacco packaging starting in May, 2013 - will cover 50 percent of the backside of each pack, while 30 percent of the front display will simply and boldly state that tobacco kills.

• U.S. Health Groups Support USTR Efforts to Protect Tobacco Control Measures under Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement

  PRESS RELEASE | 14 May 2012
  Four leading U.S. public health groups are supporting reported efforts by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to protect nations' authority to enact measures to reduce tobacco use under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade agreement the U.S. is negotiating with eight other countries, and urge USTR to present its proposal this week during negotiations in Dallas.

• A “Responsible” Tobacco Company? Philip Morris International’s Actions Contradict CEO’s Claim

  TOBACCO UNFILTERED BLOG | 11 May 2012
  Confronted by activists – including youth who traveled to New York City to attend Philip Morris International’s annual shareholders meeting this week – Philip Morris CEO Louis Camilleri again played down the deadly consequences of his company’s products and claimed the company acts responsibly when the evidence shows otherwise.

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