May 2025
World No Tobacco Day 2025: Unmasking the Tobacco Industry’s Seduction Tactics
Lomé, 31 May 2025 On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day 2025, the Africa Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) joins the international community in denouncing the increasingly aggressive tactics of the tobacco and nicotine industry, under the theme: "Unmasking the appeal: Exposing industry tactics on tobacco and nicotine products". This year’s theme sheds light on the deceptive...
BANGLADESH: Anti-tobacco campaigners demand tobacco price hike, amending tax structure
TANGAIL, May 3, 2025 (BSS) - A human chain was formed in the district town demanding an increase of the prices of all tobacco products and amending tobacco tax structure in the upcoming 2025–26 national budget. The human chain programme was staged in front of the Tangail District Press Club, organised by Development Organisation of...
INDIA: Report on Skill Development Training: Alternative Livelihoods for Women Rolling Beedis
As we move towards a tobacco and nicotine free society it is critical that we assist those who work in the tobacco industry find alternative livelihoods. Article 17 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) emphasizes the importance of promoting economically viable alternatives to tobacco production, but unfortunately this article is not...
USA: As heated tobacco products reenter the US market, evidence on their safety remains sparse – new study
Heated tobacco products are often marketed by tobacco companies as less harmful than cigarettes, but they can pose health risks to users, according to a new review I co-authored in the journal Tobacco Control. Evidence on their health risks in people who smoke is limited, sometimes contradictory, and hard to make sense of. Heated tobacco products are electronic...
USA: New Analysis Shows No Clear Evidence That Heated Tobacco Products Are a Better Alternative to Cigarettes or That They Help Smokers Quit
New STOP brief examines the latest scientific evidence, sales data and industry tactics (New York, USA, April 30, 2025): As sales of heated tobacco products (HTPs) increase globally, a new brief from tobacco watchdog, STOP, reveals that while the tobacco industry markets these products as “reduced risk,” there is no clear evidence that they are a better alternative,...
THAILLAND: Thailand moves strongly to enforce e-cigarette ban
The Thai government has recently toughened its stance on vapers and e-cigarette-related products. Two months earlier, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra had ordered an intensified crackdown on e-cigarettes. Since the launch of this campaign, sales and the number of e-cigarette users have fallen by more than 80 percent. Despite this significant decline, authorities are keen...
April 2025
Success: CEDAW Calls to Protect Women’s Rights by Strengthening Tobacco Policies
Recently, momentum has been growing around the human rights field understanding the extreme harm caused by tobacco companies. This is made particularly evident by an important win in a technical policy paper – a win that is directly related to advocacy efforts from ASH and our partners in the tobacco control community. Human rights principles...
PHILLIPINES: Group files complaint vs tobacco firm for Steve Aoki concert sponsorship
Public health groups on Tuesday filed a complaint against Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation (PMFTC) over its sponsorship of a Steve Aoki concert. The complaint was lodged at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the Office for the Special Mandate on Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products (OSMV) as it cites possible violations of...
