Sonia Angell1, Jessica Levings2, Andrea Neiman3, Samira Asma4, Robert Merritt5. 1. senior advisor for Global Noncommunicable Diseases and chief of the Noncommunicable Disease Unit in the Division of Global Health Protection at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2. policy analyst and federal contractor for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 3. global cardiovascular health lead in the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 4. chief of the Global Tobacco Control Branch in the Offi ce on Smoking and Health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 5. supervisory health scientist in the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.