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Secondhand Smoke Increases Teens' Risk of Heart Disease

10 Mar 2010

Study finds artery damage among 13-year-olds exposed to secondhand smoke, raising risk of future heart disease.

PMI, Fortune Tobacco Corporation Merge to Control Philippines Market

02 Mar 2010

Philip Morris International announced that it has merged with Fortune Tobacco Corporation to form a new company called PMFTC that will control 90 percent of the Philippines tobacco market.

International Tobacco Control Treaty Marks Anniversary

26 Feb 2010

The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), a landmark treaty aimed at reducing the death toll from the growing tobacco epidemic, commemorates its fifth anniversary on Feb. 27.

Prime Minister Reaffirms Turkey's Commitment to Tobacco Control

12 Feb 2010

On the second anniversary of Turkey's passing of historic smoke-free laws, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accepted an award from civil society organization Green Crescent for his steadfast commitment to reducing the devastating toll of tobacco in Turkey.

Armstrong, Bloomberg write in Newsweek on World Cancer Day, underscore tobacco's deadly role

04 Feb 2010

Writing in Newsweek to mark World Cancer Day, world champion cyclist, cancer survivor and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids board member Lance Armstrong joins with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in challenging the world to reduce preventable cancers. 

Bangladesh Releases First Global Adult Tobacco Survey Results

22 Jan 2010

The survey shows more than 40 million adults are current tobacco users even as nearly 75 percent of current smokers are thinking about quitting because of warning labels.

FCA Report: Nations Failing to Protect Citizens from Secondhand Smoke

11 Dec 2009

A majority of countries that have ratified the international tobacco control treaty fail to provide adequate protection from the harms of secondhand smoke, according to a report from an alliance of more than 300 tobacco control organizations around the world.

New WHO Report: Governments Not Doing Enough to Protect Citizens from Global Tobacco Epidemic

More than 94 percent of the world's population still exposed to secondhand smoke

09 Dec 2009

Even as the global toll of tobacco grows, most governments are falling short in implementing the policies required by the international tobacco control treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

'Dance of the Pink Death' Protests Tobacco Marketing to Ukraine Women

30 Nov 2009

Angels of death clad in pink robes danced in a public square in Kyiv, Ukraine to expose the tobacco industry's aggressive marketing tactics aimed at women and to gain support for draft total advertising ban legislation.

Images from 'Dance of the Pink Death' Protests in Ukraine

30 Nov 2009

Angels of death clad in pink robes danced in a public square in Kyiv, Ukraine to expose the tobacco industry's aggressive marketing tactics aimed at women and to gain support for draft total advert