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WHO teams with sports governing bodies to launch 'tobacco free sports' initiative

The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has teamed with many of the world's sports governing bodies to launch a campaign to free sports from all forms tobacco - from consumption and exposure to second-hand smoke to tobacco advertising, promotion and marketing.

International conferences in Japan to discuss sports, environment: UN agency

Sports and healthy environmental practices will be the focus of a series of international conferences in Japan, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today.