Photos and report credit: Nichola Liboro, HealthJustice On World No Tobacco Day in the Philippines capital Manila, commuters were stunned to find grisly crime scenes in various locations in the metro. The cause of death: tobacco. The tobacco ‘crime scenes’ are actually art installations vividly illustrating what tobacco […]
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Congo World No Tobacco Day: Denouncing the influence of the tobacco industry on government policy
Photo and report credit: Célestin ZOUMA, Coordonateur du Réseau des ONG Congolaises de lutte antitabac ROCAT The tobacco control group ROCAT in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Population and WHO Country celebrated World No Tobacco Day 2013 with a series of events including a press Conference by the Minister of Health briefing, […]
World No Tobacco Day Poland: fighting breaches of TAPS bans
Photo and report credit: Dr Łukasz Balwicki, Polish Society for Health Programs A seminar entitled “Protecting children from tobacco industry’s marketing” took place at the Ministry of Health in Warsaw, Poland, on May 29, 2013. The objective of the seminar was to integrate efforts for effective enforcement of ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. The seminar was a […]
Jamaica World No Tobacco Day
Photo and report credit: K. Morrish Cooke, Heart Foundation of Jamaica/Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control A rainy start to the day did not dampen spirits or activities planned for WNTD in Jamaica. There were two main activities. One was an outside broadcast addressing tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS). Representatives from the National Council […]
World No Tobacco Day Pakistan: giant banner displayed in Islamabad demanding complete advertising ban
Photo and report credit: Khurram Hashmi, Coalition for Tobacco Control – Pakistan The Coalition for Tobacco Control Pakistan (CTC-Pak) organized 60 activities to celebrate World No Tobacco Day with the support of its members in 34 cities covering all four provinces of Pakistan. Activities included seminars, orientation sessions, rallies/walks, speech/poster/sports competitions, interactive theatre, signature […]
Thailand: tobacco industry takes legal action to block public health measures
In a story familiar to Health Ministries who act in accordance with the requirements of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to protect the health of their citizens, the Thai Ministry of Health is facing legal action from the tobacco industry against a policy to increase the size of cigarette pack health warnings to 85%. Japan Tobacco filed […]
Southeast Asia: New report on child labour in the tobacco industry
A new report has been released by The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) entitled Child labour in tobacco cultivation in the ASEAN Region. Launched in Jakarta, Indonesia on 12 June in commemoration of World Day Against Child Labour, the report is a response to the major problem of child labour in the cultivation of tobacco in […]
World No Tobacco Day: a report from Switzerland
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of World No Tobacco Day (WTND) reports from around the world. In this post, we hear from Dr Pascal Diethelm of the Swiss organisation OxyRomandie. Dr Diethelm attended the World No Tobacco day event at World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters. The keynote speaker was Ms. Jane […]
Tobacco industry-commissioned report: large decline in EU consumption, almost no change in illegal trade
Konstantin Krasovsky Alcohol and Drug Information Center (ADIC-Ukraine), Kiev, Ukraine krasovskyk@gmail.com On April 17, 2013 Philip Morris International (PMI) issued a press release, based on an annual study conducted by KPMG. PMI claimed the most significant finding of the study is that: “For the sixth year in a row, the illegal trade of cigarettes in […]
Tobacco harm reduction and e-cigarettes: setting a unified research agenda
Marisa de Andrade & Gerard Hastings Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling marisa.deandrade1@stir.ac.uk Recent discussions about an endgame for tobacco have built on a sense that we in the tobacco control (TC) movement know where we are going. The consistent application of evidence based strategies, from adbans to tax increases, was, it seemed, […]