Russia Requires Graphic Health Warning Labels

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…
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New Tobacco Atlas Finds Tobacco Industry's Profit Was Equivalent to US$6,000 for Each Death Caused by Tobacco

The American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation have released The Tobacco Atlas, Fourth Edition, a reference tool for advocates to use in the global fight for strong tobacco control. The…
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Brazil Bans Additives and Flavorings in All Tobacco Products

Just months after becoming the largest country in the world to go completely smoke-free, Brazil has set another global precedent in the fight against tobacco. This week, Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) passed new regulations…
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Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Increases Adolescent Smoking

The tobacco industry denies that its marketing is targeted at young non-smokers. A new systematic review of 19 longitudinal studies by the Cochrane Collaboration concludes that exposure to tobacco advertising and promotion increases the likelihood…
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Mexico Reaps Revenue Gains from Tobacco Tax

Mexico saw a surge in tobacco tax revenues from January through September 2011, according to the finance ministry — the result of a 2010 hike in tobacco taxes that industry opponents had claimed would increase smuggling and lose revenue.

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Video Urges World Leaders to Address Diseases that Kill 36 Million Each Year

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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WHO Report: Countries Should Require Large, Graphic Health Warnings on Tobacco Packaging

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new report that calls on countries to require large, graphic health warnings on tobacco packages as part of a strategy to reduce tobacco use, the world's leading cause of preventable death. The…
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Argentina Joins Growing Movement Against Tobacco in Latin America

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has signed a tough new tobacco-control law that includes restrictions on tobacco advertising and promotions, as well as a requirement that all indoor workplaces and public places are smoke-free.

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World No Tobacco Day 2011 to Focus on Progress of Public Health Treaty

Every May 31, the World Health Organization's (WHO) World No Tobacco Day brings global attention to the growing international tobacco epidemic…
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Report: Philip Morris Celebrates Tobacco Profits Despite Millions of Lives Lost

In connection with Philip Morris International's (PMI) May 11 annual shareholders' meeting in New York City, Corporate Accountability International (CAI) has released a report that highlights the deadly impact of PMI’s business and the…
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Nepal Takes Strong Action to Protect Citizens from Tobacco Epidemic

On May 9, 2011, Nepal’s President signed off on a comprehensive tobacco control law to protect its citizens from tobacco use, one of the world’s deadliest public health epidemics.

The new legislation is an important step forward…
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China to Require Smoke-free Indoor Public Places

Nowhere is the devastating toll of tobacco more evident than in China. Smoking kills more than one million Chinese people each year — one-fifth of all deaths from tobacco worldwide.

China's Ministry of Health has announced its strongest…
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Honduras Boosts Tobacco Control Movement in Latin America

Honduras’s new tobacco control law will help to protect its citizens from the devastating effects of tobacco use, one of the world’s deadliest public health epidemics.

The new law, which took effect February 21, is an important…
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World Cancer Day 2011: Make Cancer Prevention a Global Health Priority

World Cancer Day 2011 is an important reminder that cancer, the leading cause of death in the world, can be prevented. Noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes cause more than 60 percent of the world's deaths, yet they…
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Nominations for the 2011 Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence Now Being Accepted

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is pleased to announce that we are now accepting nominations for the 2011 Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence. To submit a nominee for the Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco…
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