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What learning Russian in Latvia taught me about history, politics, and figures of speech.

The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) has joined Governments, Civil Society Organizations, and individuals worldwide to commemorate the World Environment Day 2022 under the theme ‘Only one Earth’, highlighting the need for positive environmental action, encouraging worldwide awareness and commitment to transformational changes in our policies and choices towards a…

A PRO-VAPING group and a public relations firm in London were behind an astroturf campaign targeting Scottish Government proposals to regulate the…

Of the 8m deaths that occur globally each year due to tobacco use, 170,000 are in Pakistan.

Two former Directors at the World Health Organization (WHO) have written a scorching article in The Lancet criticizing their former employer for its casual and damaging dismissal of tobacco harm reduction. They

Aiming to reduce dependence on coal, China will use steam of nuclear power plants to power industrial applications in petrochemical industry.

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has called for engagement to explore culturally acceptable alternatives to tobacco use in Northern Ghana. The Authority identified possible cultural impediments to tobacco control in northern Ghana, especially in the Upper East Region, and said stakeholder engagements on exploring culturally acceptable alternatives for tobacco…

A Smoke-Free Caribbean by 2025/2030. That was the vision articulated at this year’s ‘World No Tobacco Day’ virtual celebration held on Monday, May 30. “As tobacco use alone accounts for one in six of all deaths resul

The tobacco industry profits from child labour and sky-high youth smoking rates in Indonesia. Young people are fighting back. Indonesia has been described as "Disneyland" for the tobacco industry. Lax regulation has led to some of the highest smoking rates in the world, children and young people are blatantly targeted. Now, a new youth advocacy [...] The post Indonesia's young people are taking on Big Tobacco appeared first on 360.

World No Tobacco Day: ‘Toughening law, raising prices can reduce tobacco use’