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Press Mentions E-cigarette import banned Daily Sun: Aminul Islam Sujon, Technical Advisor for the Policy Advocacy and Communication Division, spoke with the Daily Sun about the sale and marketing of electronic cigarettes.
Press Mentions Hard-hitting campaigns essential to reduce tobacco consumption: Sandra Mullin Daily Sun: Sandra Mullin, Senior Vice President, Policy Advocacy and Communication, was interviewed by Daily Sun about tobacco control.
Press Mentions Hot cigarettes can be addictive for the new generation. Văn Hóa: Jorge Alday, Director of STOP, was featured in an article in the national Vietnamese publication which covered the tobacco industry’s manipulative marketing methods, citing Vital Strategies’ and STOP’s work.
Press Mentions Opinion: Tobacco use and mental illness — an overlooked dual burden Devex: Jeffrey Drope, PhD, Research Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Stephen Hamill, Vice President, Policy, Advocacy & Communication, Vital Strategies, write about connecting smart tobacco-control interventions with treatment for mental health.
Press Mentions Qatar World Cup Is Hijacked To Advertise Tobacco Health Policy Watch: Tobacco companies in Indonesia, India and Mexico circumvented international football governing body FIFA’s advertising ban on their products by associating them with the World Cup, according to a new social media analysis by public health group Vital Strategies.
Press Mentions Opinion: Public health can’t pay for the tobacco industry’s actions Devex: Jeffrey Drope, Ph.D., Lead author of The Tobacco Atlas and research professor of public health at the University of Illinois Chicago and Stephen Hamill, Vice President, Policy Advocacy and Communication, Vital Strategies write in Devex about changes in tobacco consumption and what policies governments can implement to reduce tobacco use.
Press Mentions The Kennedy Center should stop promoting Big Tobacco The Washington Post: Writing in The Washington Post, Rebecca Perl, our Vice President of Partnerships and Initiatives calls on The Kennedy Center to break its addiction to tobacco sponsorship dollars.
Press Mentions The rise of e-cigarettes exposes young people to harm The Jakarta Post: Vital Strategies’ Ancha Rachfiansyah and Hana Raskin write about the rising use of e-cigarettes in Indonesia and how tobacco marketing on social media targets and harms youth.
Press Mentions To protect people’s health in Africa, don’t let it become the world’s ashtray The Guardian: Smoking in the west is declining. Rachel Kitonyo and Jeffrey Drope look at how the industry is turning to untapped markets, where governments must act to stop it.
Press Mentions RI needs to tighten tobacco control, raise excise, ban social media ads The Jakarta Post: Rita Widiadana speaks with Jeffrey Drope, the lead author of the Tobacco Atlas 7th Edition and University of Illinois Chicago public health professor, on Indonesia's tobacco control situation.