Press Releases
Report: Big tobacco is targeting the world’s most vulnerable to increase profits
The sixth edition of The Tobacco Atlas and its companion website TobaccoAtlas.org finds the tobacco industry is increasingly targeting vulnerable populations in emerging markets, such as Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, where people are not protected by strong tobacco control regulations. The report was released at the 17th World
Congress on Tobacco OR Health in Cape Town, South Africa.
UK tobacco point-of-sale display ban leading to fewer youth buying cigarettes
Research released on the opening day of WCTOH2018 confirms the huge strides being made in tobacco control globally and demonstrates that point of sale restrictions, tobacco taxation and tobacco crop substitution continue to be key interventions in the fight against tobacco use.
Tobacco control at a crossroads - opening press conference
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
and WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases Michael R. Bloomberg
warn against Big Tobacco’s increasing efforts to undermine global advances in
tobacco control.
Breaking research on e-cigarettes, the impact of tobacco point-of-sale display bans, the growing trend towards flavoured cigarettes and the financial impact of smoking on economies and individuals feature in the WCTOH scientific programme
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and Michael R. Bloomberg to participate in conference
A perfect storm: HIV, tuberculosis and smoking
Research released on the third and final day of WCTOH described the interrelation between tobacco-related diseases and communicable diseases such HIV and tuberculosis.