Bloomberg Philanthropies Honors Tobacco Control Organizations

by Stan Shatenstein Bloomberg Philanthropies hosted the third Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards for Global Tobacco Control as part of the 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Abu Dhabi last week. The Awards were created to recognise governments and non-governmental organizations demonstrating excellent progress or achievement in the implementation of MPOWER measures in low-and middle-income […]

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Blockbuster Special Issue: Evaluation of the Australian tobacco plain packaging policy

The latest supplement from Tobacco Control is a must read. All papers mentioned below are available open access. Features audio and news grabs are also available from the Cancer Council Victoria. Key findings of the evaluation include: • Plain packaging has delivered on its aim to reduce appeal of packs, particularly with adolescents and young […]

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16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health: regional delegates refused visas

Simon Chapman, University of Sydney (Editor update: at the time of this post being published, we were able to confirm 38 delegates had been refused visas. The organisers subsequently issued a statement with an estimate that approximately 60 delegates were refused visas. To read the statement click here.)  Every three years, the world tobacco control community convenes for a […]

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