Global Tobacco Control Updates
World Leaders Commit to Fighting Tobacco Use as Part of Global Battle Against Non-Communicable Diseases
19 Sep 2011Press Release |
NEW YORK, NY – Meeting at the United Nations, world leaders today have made an unprecedented commitment to addressing the global public health crisis caused by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and recognized that the battle against NCDs cannot…
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Reducing Tobacco Use Must be a Top Priority for World Leaders at United Nations Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases
13 Sep 2011Press Release |
WASHINGTON, DC – Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) — especially cancer, heart disease, chronic lung disease and diabetes — have overtaken infectious diseases as the world's leading killers and now cause nearly two out of every…
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Video Urges World Leaders to Address Diseases that Kill 36 Million Each Year
07 Sep 2011News |
The World Health Organization has issued urgent warnings about the growing health threat from non-communicable diseases — such as heart disease, cancer, chronic…
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non-communicable diseases, united nations, world health organization
With U.S. Support, United Nations Acts to Protect Global Health
14 May 2010Press Release |
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the support and co-sponsorship of the United States, the United Nations General Assembly has taken an important step to protect global health by unanimously agreeing to hold the first-ever summit on the threat posed by…
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