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Jorge Alday

@jorgeinbk.bsky.social
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Director at Vital Strategies. Global Public Health, U.S. Healthcare watcher. BBQ judge. Washingtonian in Brooklyn #running to stand still. Opinions are mine.

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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Great example of how an interview should go. Straightforward questions, straightforward, factual, understandable answers. #scicomm www.npr.org/2026/05/24/n... #ebola
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How funding cuts to USAID are impacting the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Dennis Carroll, PhD. about the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and how funding cuts to USAID have affected the response.
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Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
🚨 @who.int is urging governments to act fast on nicotine pouches, warning that sleek packaging, candy-like flavours and influencer marketing could fuel youth nicotine addiction. ✍️ @fargonaut.bsky.social @vitalstrategies.org 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏
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Nicotine Pouches: WHO Demands Strict Regulation To Prevent Looming Youth Epidemic - Health Policy Watch
In a new report, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls on governments to strictly regulate nicotine pouches to prevent an imminent epidemic among vulnerable adolescents.
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
If Philip Morris International was serious about stopping the sale of cigarettes, would it be advertising cigarettes? Great reporting from @theguardian.com to expose this profound duplicity. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Marlboro maker accused of ‘exploiting’ young people with new global ad campaign
Philip Morris claimed it wanted to end cigarette sales, but experts and campaigners say new promotions seem designed to attract younger consumers
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Hundreds of US military personnel are suing British American Tobacco alleging that its secret cigarette business in North Korea helped fund weapons that were used against American troops. This is the company that sells Camel cigarettes and Velo nicotine pouches. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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British American Tobacco accused of helping North Korea fund terrorism in lawsuit
Victims of terrorist attacks say BAT’s operations in North Korea helped fund weapons used in the Middle East
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Philip Morris International held secret meetings with European officials. Our investigation showed they tried to use EU diplomatic power to pressure non-EU countries to change policies that protect public health. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Tobacco industry links with EU officials underreported, campaigners say
European Union officials have held multiple, undisclosed meetings with the tobacco industry, which uses political connections to try to influence policy in the bloc and beyond, a report by campaign gr...
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
If Philip Morris Intl is only targeting smokers with its addictive IQOS product, why does it want that product available to a smoke-free generation?
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
In a landmark first that will send seismic tremors through the tobacco industry, the gov of Maldives passed the world's first generational ban on tobacco. No one born after 2007 will ever be able to buy tobacco products in the Maldives. presidency.gov.mv/Press/Articl...
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President ratifies Second Amendment to Tobacco Control Act, establishing generational ban
President ratifies Second Amendment to Tobacco Control Act, establishing generational ban
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The City of Baltimore is suing Philip Morris International - it alleges the cigarette company was illegally marketing Zyn nicotine pouches to kids. This would fit into the tobacco industry's playbook of hooking young people on its products. tobaccoreporter.com/2025/05/08/b...
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Baltimore Sues PMI for “Peddling Zyn to Kids” - Tobacco Reporter
The complaint cites recent research that nearly 2% of middle and high school students report using nicotine pouches.
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The city of Baltimore is suing Philip Morris International for marketing its Zyn nicotine pouches to kids.
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
An important new analysis of the current evidence on heated tobacco products punctures tobacco industry marketing that these products are safe and helpful for smokers to quit. Especially important as Philip Morris Intl. launches its IQOS product in the U.S. exposetobacco.org/resource/und....
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Heated Tobacco Products: Current Issues and Recent Findings - STOP
Heated tobacco products are marketed as a safer alternative to cigarettes. Should you trust Big Tobacco's claims?
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The Philippines gov ordered Philip Morris International to stop marketing a collab version of its IQOS heated cigarette with @steveaoki13.bsky.social because it's against the law. www.dti.gov.ph/osmv/osmv-ne...
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DTI orders PMFTC to cease advertising violative promotional materials following formal charges | Department of Trade and Industry Philippines
Makati City, Philippines—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Office for the Special Mandate on Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products (OSMV) has filed a formal charge and issued a Prelimi...
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
British American Tobacco in Kenya is making changes to its board amidst controversy about possible tax evasion revealed in an investigation from @investigativedesk.bsky.social , @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Tax Justice Network Africa. eastleighvoice.co.ke/headlines/11...
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BAT Kenya announces Board leadership changes amid tax controversy
Along with Joubert's exit, Sidney Wafula, who has served as an Alternate Director since June 24, 2020, will also step down from the Board.
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
British American Tobacco is now under investigation in Kenya for possible tax evasion. Great work from @investigativedesk.bsky.social @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Tax Justice Network Africa to uncover a $28m discrepancy in its filings. peopledaily.digital/business/eye...
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Martin Enserink @martinenserink.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
They're legendary disease detectives: The CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service. Very little may be left of it after today, writes @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
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CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Important investigation from @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Investigative Desk show a $28m gap between the cigarettes British American Tobacco made in Kenya and how much tax it paid. That's a lot of money the Kenyan people could really use. www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
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Missing Millions - A cross-examination of British American Tobacco Kenya’s tax bill
New research indicates inconsistencies between the amount of cigarettes produced and the tax paid by one of the world’s largest tobacco companies
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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The bad kind of #H5N1 #birdflu is in cattle and everyone is distracted by the crazy administration www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...
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USDA confirms spillover of 2nd H5N1 avian flu genotype into dairy cattle
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 27/01/2025
Withdrawing US funding from the World Health Organization is a potential disaster for public health worldwide, due to the impact it will have on the important work the WHO does. Preventing the CDC from even *talking* with WHO personnel is a step much farther toward undermining global health & safety
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CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S.
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
In the Philippines, a weak vaping law championed by Philip Morris Intl is starting to be seen as a failure. A Senate hearing found that the country gained 9.5 million new smokers from 2021-2023. Around 1m were adolescents, or age 10-19. opinion.inquirer.net/180327/a-new...
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A new generation of smokers
The worst fears of those who opposed and criticized Republic Act No. 11900 or the Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act have materialized. Instead of reducing the prevalence
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes would be a major step forward in reducing the catastrophic health toll smoking still takes on Americans. Which is why tobacco companies will fight it at every turn. thehill.com/policy/healt...
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New rule could slash nicotine levels in tobacco products
The Biden administration is poised to try to lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products, an eleventh-hour effort that’s been years in the making.   The move would give the White Hou…
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
For some ongoing work we pulled together the most complete datasets we could find disease by disease, and sure enough, the map looks different. Only reason Europe and Canada aren’t full of points: we couldn’t chase down the data. Spillover is a global problem www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Map of 33 diseases. Points are now spread around the world and particularly dense in the United States.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
We’re on the cusp of the next pandemic starting in the USA, and journalists are still cherry-picking data to tell this tired, racist story about spillover being a problem of the Global South (because scientists keep telling them that story) www.ft.com/content/a714...
Map of the “global menace” of spillover events but it’s just a few points in Africa and one in South AmericaSome more points in Asia and one in Aus
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
The links between alcohol and cancer are increasingly clear. The public should know about these risks and, while the industry will fight against them, warning labels would be a great place to start. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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US surgeon general urges cancer warnings for alcoholic drinks
Alcoholic drinks should carry a warning about cancer risks on their label, the U.S. Surgeon General said in a move that could signal a shift towards more aggressive tobacco-style regulation for the sector.
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Yale School of Public Health @yalesph.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
A new Yale study estimates that raising the age for tobacco sales to 21 could avert more than 525,000 deaths, more than double prior estimates.
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Tobacco 21 policies could avert more than half a million premature deaths
A new study led by Yale researchers with the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) Lung Working Group has determined that the NAM
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
The gov of Bangladesh found that British American Tobacco evaded about $44 million in taxes over the past four fiscal years. In keeping with its "Better Tomorrow" mantra, BAT sold cigarettes at higher prices than it reported to tax authorities. www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/c...
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NBR finds Tk380cr VAT evasion by BAT Bangladesh across 4 fiscal years
During an investigation, the NBR’s Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU-VAT) discovered that the company violated rules by selling its products at prices higher than those reported to the revenue authority earli...
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
A regulatory agency in Ukraine found that Philip Morris Ukraine's claims about the lower risk of IQOS compared to cigarettes are inaccurate. The agency told them to stop disseminating inaccurate information i.e. stop lying. en.interfax.com.ua/news/economi...
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Philip Morris Ukraine will comply with AMCU instructions, strengthen consumer info about tobacco heating systems
Tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris Ukraine welcomes the completion of the study by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU), which confirms the veracity of the information about the properties of ...
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Tobacco companies claim they don't market nicotine pouches like Zyn and Velo to kids but there are a lot of young people using them. Once they are of legal age and hooked on nicotine, Philip Morris Intl and BAT will be happy for them to smoke. edition.cnn.com/2024/12/30/h...
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For young users, tobacco packets like Zyn are a nicotine trend that just won’t quit | CNN
Tiny packets of nicotine have quickly become a big problem for parents and schools.
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Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I’m coming up on @cnbc.com where I’ll be discussing H5N1 bird flu. This remains a low probability risk but a potentially high impact event we have to take more steps to help mitigate. This includes broadening range of anti viral drugs in the stockpile and developing vaccines specific for this strain
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Tobacco-Free Kids Global @ctfkglobal.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
🚬Big Tobacco Alert: Philip Morris International’s deceptive moves to promote "smoke-free" products in Africa aren’t about health—they’re about market expansion. By targeting regions w/ low smoking rates, PMI aims to create new dependencies, not solve them. Read more: african.business/2024/12/trad...
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Tobacco giant PMI aims for cheaper smoke-free products in Africa
The owner of Marlboro outside the US and Canada wants smoke-free products to account for two-thirds of total revenue by 2030.
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Sarah Newey @sneweyy.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
On efforts by experts in the DRC & WHO to track down the cause of an outbreak that has infected 394 people – with up to 74 dead – in the remote village Panzi With @paulnuki.bsky.social @maevecullinan.bsky.social @arthurscottgeddes.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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Into the unknown: Crack WHO team journeys deep into the Congo to identify mystery killer
Their urgent mission is to find out what is killing swathes of people in one of the most remote parts of the world
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
In support of @KickBigSodaOut, we call on the #Olympics to terminate its relationship with Big Soda. The IOC rejected our petition reaffirming its "partnership" w/ Big Soda but the fight isn’t over! Watch this video and join the movement to end Big Soda’s role in sport! youtube.com/shorts/TMJGO...
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IOC Rejects Kick Big Soda Out Petition [English]
YouTube video by Kick Big Soda Out
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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Important update regarding a child in #California who tested positive for #H5N1 - it is the same strain from the dairy farm outbreak I hope they are looking at - other potential animal exposures - food exposure (undercooked meat or raw milk/dairy) - human exposures
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 28/11/2024
An investigation by The BMJ shows the extent of the fossil fuel industry’s involvement in medical research, leading to fresh calls for academics and publishing companies to cut ties with such companies www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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Thelonevirologist @thelonevirologist.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
UK orders H5 avian flu vaccine for pandemic preparedness www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...
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UK orders H5 avian flu vaccine for pandemic preparedness
Officials said the purchase agreement with CSL Seqirus is part of longer-term plans to shore up vaccine supply against wider range of pathogens that have pandemic potential.
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Philip Morris International is funding a new front group to fight a proposed ban on flavored tobacco in #Denver. This is so it can hook as many people as possible on a highly addictive heated tobacco product it intends to sell soon in the US. www.axios.com/local/denver...
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Proposed flavored tobacco ban faces opposition from Big Tobacco
The potential flavored tobacco ban is drawing opposition from a major tobacco producer.
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Legislators in Viet Nam saw through tobacco company misinformation and delivered a huge win for public health. Congratulations to the Ministry of Health and colleagues who worked long and hard on this. www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-paci...
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Vietnam bans vaping, heated tobacco products
WHO chief praises Vietnam for 'bold decision' to prohibit e-cigarettes by 2025 to tackle youth nicotine addiction - Anadolu Ajansı
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Lessons can be learned from the WHO FCTC, the treaty that aims to reduce tobacco use. In that treaty, the tobacco industry is prohibited from policy discussions because of its irreconcilable conflict of interest with public health.
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CNN @cnn.com · 25/11/2024
Bird flu virus has been found in a batch of raw milk sold in California, and consumers should not drink it, the state Department of Public Health warned Sunday.
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Bird flu virus detected in raw milk in California | CNN
Bird flu virus has been found in a batch of raw milk sold in California, and consumers should not drink it, the state Department of Public Health warned Sunday.
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
An under-reported aspect of public health is that advocates challenging tobacco, food and alcohol industries face intimidation.
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
New reporting from @examinationnews.bsky.social shows that, since Philip Morris Intl, pledged it would deliver a "smoke-free future" in 2016, it has released at least 30 new flavor capsule cigarette brands into Latin American markets. www.theexamination.org/articles/fru...
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Fruity 'click' cigarettes a hit with Latin American teens amid 'constant' industry lobbying
Companies release watermelon Marlboros, blueberry-menthol Luckies despite “smoke-free” promises
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Strong investigative reporting from @tbij.bsky.social shows how tobacco companies greenwash environmental impact of their products.
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Cigarettes = plastic.
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Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Thank you to everyone who took the time to visit us at #UnionConf2024 to discuss our work and test their tobacco control knowledge. We believe that uncovering tactics of #BigTobacco is important to ensure a world free from lung disease.
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Jorge Alday @jorgeinbk.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
According to the new Surgeon General's report, limiting nicotine in cigarettes to "minimally addictive or nonaddictive levels" could prevent more than 33 million people from starting to smoke and prevent 8 million deaths by 2100. Wow. www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...
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Nearly a half million die each year from tobacco use. Some groups face higher risk.
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a report on disparities in cigarette smoking rates. He wants a federal menthol ban and nicotine limits.
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Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Nominations close on Monday 25 Nov for the 2025 #BloombergPhilanthropies Awards for Global Tobacco Control. These awards celebrate progress in adopting and implementing best-practice #tobaccocontrol policies. @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social Apply here: www.bloomberg.org/awards-for-g...
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards for Global Tobacco Control | Bloomberg Philanthropies
The awards will celebrate the significant strides organizations have made in adopting and implementing best-practice tobacco control policies.
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