March 2022
BATU shareholders dividend to drop to Shs 10.2billion
Shareholders of British American Tobacco Uganda (BATU) will earn nearly 50% less in dividends for the year ended December 2021 owed to reduced profit. Financial results released on Feb. 25 shows that the cigarette firm recorded a sharp drop in net profit from Shs 19.9billion in 2020 to Shs 10.2billion last year citing slow economic...
Shisha, other substances predisposing Ghanaians to Tuberculosis – Ghana Health Service
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it is concerned about the acceptance and widespread smoking of shisha in the country. The Service says it has observed an increase in smoking of tobacco, especially Shisha, which appears to be widely accepted in the Ghanaian society. There is a misconception that shishas are not as harmful as cigarettes,...
Shisha smoking banned in Cameroon
Cameroon is the latest African country after Kenya, the Gambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Ghana to ban the smoking of Shish pipes. According to the health ministry, about 46% of young Cameroonians smoke the substance saying it poses a serious risk to their health. There is a "misconception" that shishas are not as harmful as cigarettes, the British Heart...
Shisha smoking can cause mouth cancer, experts warn Nigerians
Dental experts have warned that many shisha products, a kind of tobacco sold in the country, were from unregulated sources and may contain elevated levels of cancer-causing agents. The experts said this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos in commemoration of the World Oral Health Day . The statement was jointly signed by Prof. Omolara Uti;...
Vaginal tobacco: A hidden health danger for women
Tobacco is an umbrella name given to over 70 species of plants in the genus nicotiana and the family Solanaceae. It is used to refer to the cured leaves of these plants. The active ingredients in tobacco are nicotine and harmine, a beta-carboline and a harmala alkaloid that occurs in several different plants. The...
Study: Youth Tobacco Use Remains a Public Health Concern
It is critical for pharmacists to inquire about the use of e-cigarette or vaping products in patients that present with certain symptoms. According to the 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), approximately 2.55 million US middle and high school students reported current (past 30-day) use of a tobacco product in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.1,2 E-cigarettes...
Launch of Tobacco-free Farms in Kenya
Hundreds of farmers in Migori County, Kenya will break free from risky tobacco farming and transition to producing more sustainable crops, through the Tobacco-Free Farms Project being launched today. Tobacco-Free Farms project is a joint initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
Tobacco Control and The WHO – Smoke, Mirrors and Wishful Thinking
The perils of Tobacco are widely known and undisputed. Unlike other risky habits, there is simply no safe way to consume tobacco. Yet, we do. And only for the Nicotine. Consider this - Smoking a cigarette for the nicotine is like drinking sewage for its water content. It’s in there, no doubt, but there are...
