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Tobacco Control in Vietnam: Looking Forward to a Healthy New Year
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Making Waves in 2011: WLF Speaks Out
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The Unwrapped Gift to Improve Public Health: Plain Cigarette Packaging Would Help Save Lives in 2012 and Beyond
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“The conflict is over”: An insider’s unique perspective on smoking in Bollywood films
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WLF Assesses the Impact of the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases: Part 2 of 2
WLF Assesses the Impact of the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases: Part 1 of 2
The Government of DKI Jakarta Launches First-ever Graphic Tobacco Control Campaign in Indonesia
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Russia Doesn’t Want to be # 1 Anymore
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Largest Conference on Tobacco Control in Chinese – Speaking World Held Successfully in Taipei
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Mashable’s Social Good Summit: The Highlights
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Ask the Expert: Q&A with WLF's Rebecca Perl on FDA's New Tobacco Pack Warnings
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Glimmers of hope in Indonesia
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Meeting Vietnam's Vice Health Minister Madame Xuyen
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Using Threat Appeals in New Media Channels
Threat Appeals– How and when are they effective?
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The ‘Heartbreak’ Campaign- Fighting Tobacco’s Devastating Effects in India
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New Campaign Shows Heart Breaking Effects of Smoking Bidis
A Newbie’s Look at Graphic Tobacco Ads
Tobacco Advertising to Russian Women, Part III: A Dose of Reality
Tobacco Advertising to Russian Women, PART II: Making Death Look and Taste More Appealing
Choking on Tar: Hard-hitting 'Sponge' ad shows Mauritians the frightening truth about smokers' lungs
Lessons from Tobacco Control: Should the Food Industry sit at the health policy table?
Tobacco Control in Tianjin – an Ongoing Effort
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Tobacco on the agenda at the UN NCD Meeting
Ask the Expert: Q&A with FCA's Laurent Huber on Tobacco Pack Warnings and FCTC Article 11
Maternal Death Crisis Addressed at Summit in Tanzania
A New Yorker’s Response to Smoke-Free Park Scofflaws
Media Advisory:
Summit to Address Maternal Death in Tanzania

They Never Stop: Tobacco Marketing Crosses the Line
Fighting Tobacco in the Philippines: No Easy Task
A Global Fight: World Lung Foundation on World No Tobacco Day
First Ever National Tobacco Control Mass Media Campaign Launches in Bangladesh
Countdown to the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases
"Too Graphic for TV”: Innovative new-media campaign shows the harms of chewing tobacco to millions of Indians
WLF Urges Health Ministries to Implement Tobacco Control Policies to Reduce NCD Deaths
Bloomberg Philanthropies Applauds China's New Smoke-free Initiative
Innovative Health Campaign in India Uses “Too Graphic for TV” Images to Highlight Health Risks of Chewing Tobacco
WLF Hails New Report on Tackling the Global Crisis of Non-Communicable Diseases
New Report From World Lung Foundation Reveals Inextricable Links Between Tobacco and Tuberculosis
WLF Urges UK Government to Ban Display Advertising and Branding on Tobacco Products
Anti-Corruption and Anti-Smoking: Hand-in-Hand in Tahrir Square
Meeting Tobacco Control Allies in Tabasco and Mexico City
Long Overdue: Graphic Pack Warning Labels for Cigarettes in the United States
Tamil Nadu Government Launches New Campaign to Protect Citizens from Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
WLF Calls for Increased Funding of Cancer Prevention Through Tobacco Control
WLF Notes with Interest President Kikwete’s Role in the United Nations Meeting in Geneva on Women’s and Children’s Health
When the Home Fires Burn: The Neglected Epidemic of Lung Disease in Women and Children
WLF Convenes Maternal Health Summit in Tanzania
Ad Campaign Graphically Depicts Harms of Smokeless Tobacco, A Leading Killer in India
China Falls Short in its Tobacco Control Obligations
Thoughts on a First CoP
Turkish "Sponge" leaves hotline busy signals
New Rapid Testing Technology Requires Training and a Transition Plan to Truly Advance the Fight Against Tuberculosis
Smoke-Free Alexandria
Travel Log: Tanzania, Mauritius, Bangladesh and India
WLF Supports Uruguay's Efforts to Stop the Tobacco Industry from Undermining its Progressive Tobacco Control Policies
WLF Urges Immediate Action in Russia to Reduce Tobacco Use Following Release of New Survey Data
WLF Welcomes Use of CT Scans to Detect Lung Cancer in Smokers
Incredible Istanbul: City offers the perfect smoke-free backdrop for WLF media workshop
New Data from Viet Nam Critical to Reducing Death Toll of Tobacco Use
Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health Sydney, Australia
WLF Welcomes Release of New GATS Data from India
Better Implementation of Current TB Control Programs Would Reduce Drug-Resistant Strains
Regular Lung Testing Critical to Preventing Death from Lung Disease
First Ever TV Campaign Launched to Support Graphic Health Warnings on Cigarette Packs in Mexico
WLF Calls on International Music Acts to Reject Tobacco Industry Sponsorship of Indonesian Rock Festival

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2010 World Cancer Congress in Shenzhen, China
Sunday in Tanzania
Smoke-free Alexandria, "effective immediately"
WLF Workshop in Bogotá, Colombia
WLF Commends Australian Gov't on Unprecedented Tobacco Control Policies
Working Together for Tobacco Control in Vietnam
WLF Brings Communications Course to Singapore
New Survey Shows 77% of Vietnamese Oppose Secondhand Smoke in Public Places after Seeing Ad
Tanzania - Expanding Critical Health Services for Women and Children
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Craig David, Goodwill Ambassador against Tuberculosis
The Disturbing Paradox of Tuberculosis
Moscow Sponge Winter Campaign
Spring Festival Gift-Giving in China
Enhancing Maternal Health in Tanzania
World Cancer Day
Haiti Earthquake Relief
Media Communications Workshop in Singapore
The Two Worlds of Dr. E. Jane Carter, WLF Board Member
WLF Impact: WLF at the Union's World Lung Conference
Vietnam Ministry of Health and World Lung Foundation Launch Mass Media Campaign to Support Smoke-Free Vietnam
Jane Carter Interview
Field Reports Blog: Poverty and Lung Health: 40th World Lung Conference in Cancún, Mexico
Field Reports Blog: Thanksgiving in Hanoi
Most Governments Fail to Protect Their Citizens from Tobacco Harms
Integrating HIV Treatment with Prevention and Treatment for Lung Diseases Could Save Millions of Lives
WLF Accomplishments
Field Reports Blog: Moscow Duma Launches "Sponge" Campaign
New Graphic Ad Combats Smokeless Tobacco in India
Field Reports Blog: 3rd Cross-Strait Conference
Field Reports Blog: Turkey Smoke-free Site Visit
Results for Tanzania Maternal Health Infrastructure Program
Field Reports Blog: Judith Mackay at WPRO meeting