War on tobacco far from won
New figures from the Seattle-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation show smoking rates have dropped in 30 years but the actual numbers of people…
Council approves compromise on tobacco directive
The Permanent Representatives Committee1 today approved a compromise text for a revised EU tobacco directive. It herewith endorsed a proposal that has been presented at…
The results of the nationwide monitoring prove smoke free legislation efficiency
Regional Advocacy Center “Life” and Smoke Free Ukraine Coalition presented the results of a nationwide public monitoring of the smoke free law implementation. The comprehensive…
WHO report – 2013: enforcing bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
The continued success in global tobacco control is detailed in this year’s WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2013. The fourth in the series, this…
Delaying tobacco excise taxes incensement would cost lives: international experts summed up the second WHO Eurasia Tobacco Tax Working Group
During September 23-26, the second Eurasia Tobacco Tax Working Group meeting was held in Kyiv, Ukraine. During this meeting, Government officials from the Ministries of Finance,…
“National governments can curb NCDs and raise significant revenue by taxing tobacco heavily – the Lancet Commission”
A new report released by the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health titled Global Health 2035: A World Converging within a Generation outlines a new pro-poor health investment plan to…
Inconvenient Truth Warning Labels
NON- photogenic truth: graphic pictures of the effects of smoking increase the power of text warnings on cigarette packs Package of cigarettes and its design…
Tobacco Advertisement – Free Country
Free from advertising, sponsorship and promotion of tobacco country In the 90’s, together with the globalization of markets and privatization of tobacco factories by transnational…
Ukraine Goes Smoke Free
Ukraine goes smoke free The problem of passive smoking is getting more and more actual in the world. Governments of many countries, doctors and the…
Comabating Tobacco Epidemics
The tobacco epidemic has covered the world and every year takes away nearly five millions of lives. Smoking and tobacco consumption is the biggest threat…