Tobacco control scored two big wins in the past week. First, WTO rejected complaints that Australia’s plain cigarette packages infringed on trademarks and intellectual property rights. 

With national elections in Mexico on 1 July, civil society organisation Mexico Salud-Hable has been taking a bold and innovative approach to ensuring that health features squarely on candidates’ manifestos.

In honour of World No Tobacco Day, the Quit Big Tobacco campaign is asking NCD Alliance's network, and other organisations with an interest in health not to work with ad agencies who work for the tobacco industry.

World No Tobacco Day 2018 will focus on the impact tobacco has on the cardiovascular health of people worldwide.