Follow the Data Podcast Episode 10: The Role of Countries in the Global Tobacco Crisis

Originally posted on www.bloomberg.org. 

As the World Health Organization and people around the globe celebrate World No Tobacco Day, we invite you to join us for part two of our series on tobacco control. Over the last ten years the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use has successfully supported 59 countries in passing laws or policies, reaching nearly 3.5 billion people and saving an estimated 30 million lives.

Through the support of a few of our long term partners like Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, also referred to as The Union, Bloomberg Philanthropies is working globally to promote evidence based policies like creating smoke-free public spaces, banning advertising of tobacco products, and raising the price of tobacco through taxation – to reduce tobacco use in low and middle income countries.

In this episode we’ll go in depth on the ways how countries are passing critical laws to protect the public and taking action to implement policies.

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