In this photo released by the Thai Spokesman Office, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, left, is greeted by Thailand Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont during a courtesy call at government house in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007. Chan is in Thailand to participate in the meeting titled "Access to essential health technology."
Peter Cordingley, a World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson, holds a pack of cigarettes during a press conference in Manila May 30, 2008. The World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries to be steadfast in efforts to break the tobacco marketing campaign by big cigarette companies, including a ban on all tobacco advertising to combat tobacco use.
Soe Nyunt-U, World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the Philippines breaks a stick of cigarette during a press conference in Manila on May 30, 2008 on the eve of the WHO-designated World No Tobacco Day. Half a billion young Asians are at risk from diseases associated with nicotine, a senior World Health Organisation official said May 30, denouncing advertising directed at teenagers. The WHO estimates that each day more than 3,000 people die prematurely from tobacco-related diseases in that region alone.