Contributors and photos: Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance; Stephen Hamill, World Lung Foundation; Tran Vu, Vietnam Public Health Association; Nguyen Xuan Lam, Vietnam Public Health Association. The national week of Tobacco Control in Vietnam kicked off with a ceremony held on 25 May. Organized by the Vietnam Committee on Smoking or Health (VINACOSH), it […]
Bolivia: World No Tobacco Day focuses on youth
Translation from original Spanish article kindly provided by Stan Shatenstein. The Bolivian news website laRazón reported that for World No Tobacco Day, the Health and Sport Ministry, in coordination with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), WHO, the Municipal Government of La Paz, the Bolivian Police and Armed Forces organised a festival to inform […]
World No Tobacco Day in Gabon: focusing on policy
Photo and report credit: Thanguy NZUE OBAME, Service du Travail de la Lolo Bouenguidi a Koulamoutou and Mouvement Populaire Pour la Santé au Gabon (MPS-GABON) World No Tobacco Day in Gabon focused on a number of high level meetings held with key authorities including the President of the National Assembly and the Minister Delegate […]
USA World No Tobacco Day: Is this the world that tobacco ads hope to build?
This is the question asked in a short video produced by ASH USA to mark World No Tobacco Day. View the video by clicking here. […]
The Philippines: Tobacco ‘crime scenes’ pop up in the metro on World No Tobacco Day
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 […]
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 […]