antitobacco

While its early efforts centered on antitobacco initiatives, the foundation's scope has broadened in recent years to include funding for education, environmental and immigration programs, as well as arts.

Mayor's Charity Pipeline Erica Orden 2011

The organization steers the philanthropic activities of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose own tough antitobacco campaign has brought the city's adult smoking rate down to 14%, well below the national average of 19.3%.

U.N. to Address Spread of Chronic Diseases Betsy McKay 2011

China's failure to comply with the WHO's antitobacco treaty will not result in WHO penalties or affect its membership, says said Sarah England, head of the Tobacco-Free Initiative at the WHO in China.

Chinese Smokers Get Dire Warning Laurie Burkitt 2011

One example of this process might be to have a longtime smoker participate in a lobbying program for antitobacco legislation or against smoking in public places.

The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011

"Month after month there's another country coming on board" with smoke-free laws, graphic antitobacco campaigns, and other tobacco control measures, said Kelly Henning , who oversees a $375 million investment by Bloomberg Philanthropies to promote tobacco control measures in 15 developing countries.

U.N. to Address Spread of Chronic Diseases Betsy McKay 2011

One example of this process might be to have a longtime smoker participate in a lobbying program for antitobacco legislation or against smoking in public places.

The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011

In the early summer of 1967, Banzhaf dashed off a letter to the Federal Communications Commission the agency responsible for enforcing the fairness doctrine complaining that a New York TV station was dedicating disproportional airtime to tobacco commercials with no opposing antitobacco commercials.

The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

The FCLAA bill was a disappointment, but it galvanized antitobacco forces.

The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

When antitobacco campaigns lose their effectiveness or penetrance—as has recently happened among teens in America or in Asia—smoking often returns like an old plague.

The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

The court held that “proportional airtime” had to be given to protobacco and antitobacco advertising.

The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010