Vital Stories Getting Ahead of the Next Frontier in Tobacco Marketing Vital Strategies' Tobacco Enforcement and Reporting Movement released a new report on the evolving marketing tactics used by the tobacco industry. Vital Strategies
Vital Stories Brazilian Government Engages with Vital Strategies’ Innovative Approach to Addressing Mental Health
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.
Press Mentions Report: Nearly 5 Trillion Cigarettes Consumed Globally Each Year VOA Africa: Africa 54 health correspondent Linord Moudou interviews Jeffrey Drope, author and co-editor of the Tobacco Atlas 7th Edition, on tobacco control in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Press Mentions Global smoking rates fall for first time, but rise for kids, Africa – report Reuters: Jeffrey Drope discusses findings from the 7th Edition of the Tobacco Atlas, including the harms of the tobacco industry on young populations and emerging economies.
Press Mentions Smoking and harm reduction: The right approach New York Daily News: Steve Hamill, Vice President of Policy Advocacy and Communication, writes about shared perspectives between harm reduction work in overdose prevention and tobacco control.