In March 2022, the ATCA Tobacco Control Media Award was launched in a virtual come together that brought together media professionals and other tobacco control stakeholders to exchange ideas and experiences on the vital role that journalists play in tobacco control. The award, a yearly initiative organized to motivate journalists to generate compelling tobacco control media...
What do you get when you call for creators around the world to stand up to Big Tobacco? More than 800 videos and social media graphics calling out the industry for the harms it causes, from creators across 43 countries. It was all part of this year’s Global Media Competition, an annual contest organized by...
On 20 May 2022 the Cabinet of the Republic of Mauritius approved the new Public Health (Restrictions on Tobacco Products) Regulations 2022, issued under the Public Health Act. The new Regulations are ground-breaking, introducing standardized plain packaging for tobacco products, implementing a set of bold new combined graphic health warnings which will now cover 70-...
Every year, WHO recognizes individuals or organizations in each of the six WHO Regions for their accomplishments in the area of tobacco control. This recognition takes the form of WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award and World No Tobacco Day Awards. WHO Director-General Special award Tobacco Free Portfolios, Australia President of Mexico Mr. Andrés Manuel López...
