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Rachel Kitonyo about receiving the Judy Wilkenfeld Award and about tobacco control in Africa
Q1. Let us start with the Judy Wilkenfeld Award. How do you feel about it, what does it entail, what does it change?
Rachel Kitonyo: I felt humbled that out of all nominations received I was thought the most worthy to receive the [...]
The South-East Asian Conference on the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) kicked off in Nepali capital Kathmandu on Tuesday.
Nearly 50 people working in the government and non-government sector in 11 countries including Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Philippines and France are taking part in the conference held [...]
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In Leeb’s Performance Income Letter, he explains, “The stock, a new addition to our Growth & Income portfolio, is well positioned to provide solid results over the long haul.” . [...]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is the lead American agency in an international tobacco monitoring effort called the Global Tobacco Surveillance System.
Partnering with the World Health Organization, the Canadian Public Health Association, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other groups, it works with nations in Africa [...]
Anti-smoking activists on Wednesday welcomed the government’s plan to ratify a World Health Organization treaty on tobacco control.
“It is urgent for Indonesia to ratify the convention,” said Tulus Abadi, chairman of the Indonesian Consumers’ Foundation (YLKI) and chief advocate at the National Commission for Tobacco Control.
Indonesia is one of only four countries that have yet [...]
The International’s Global Tobacco: The Power of Cigarette Pricing market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at an international level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of [...]
Does the availability of single cigarettes promote or inhibit cigarette consumption? Perceptions, prevalence and correlates of single cigarette use among adult Mexican smokers
Indoor concentrations of nicotine in low-income, multi-unit housing: associations with smoking behaviours and housing characteristics
Gender and locality differences in tobacco prevalence among adult Bangladeshis
The adoption of smoke-free hospital campuses in the United States
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What are we doing about it?
Many countries around the world have enacted legislations to curb deaths resulting from smoking but many developing countries, especially those in Africa, are yet to take any meaningful measures to protect their citizens against this deadly trend. A report published by the Global Smoke-Free Partnership and launched in Tanzania last [...]
U.S. Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers Inc. today announced that the company has been honored in the tobacco industry’s 2009 Golden Leaf Awards. The Timberlake manufacturer owned by a cooperative of southeastern tobacco farmers won in the category of Most Outstanding Service to the Industry. U.S. Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers has the distinction of being the only American [...]
There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes.
— Katharine Whitehorn
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