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February 2024

WHO-FCTC PRAISES ACTA’s 15-YEARS OF SUPPORT TO WHO-AFRO PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION

January 9, 2024 Panama City, Panama The World Health Organisation-Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC) Secretariat has hailed the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) for it's 15 years of consistent support to the AFRO region parties and advocating for the adoption and implementation of tobacco control legislations. Head of the FCTC Secretariat Adriana Blanco expressed her gratitude...

December 2023

Tobacco Industry Interference: Nigeria Slips in 2023 Ratings

A new report on the state of the tobacco industry interference in Nigeria has revealed a marked increase in the industry’s meddling in public health policies, in particular, tobacco control measures. Sunday Ehigiator reports Nigeria ratified the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’s (WHO FCTC) Article 5.3 guidelines on 20 October 2005, and...

Nigeria, second highest contributor to $26bn cigarette butt pollution – Report

Nigeria is Africa’s second highest contributor to the US$26bn global costs of environmental pollution caused by plastics in cigarette butts and packaging every year. This is according to data analysed by the African Tobacco Control Alliance. The ATCA’s conclusion, as contained in its statement dated December 6, followed its analysis of research findings by the Global...

South Africa, Nigeria Top List Of African Countries Contributing To $26Billion Annual Tobacco-related Plastic Pollution Cost

The other African countries are South Africa, Sudan, Mozambique, Kenya and Ethiopia. Nigeria and five other African countries have been listed as major contributors to environmental pollution caused by plastics in cigarette butts and packaging globally. This is contained in a press statement released by the African Tobacco Control Alliance, stating that the economic cost of...

E-cigarettes: France backs bill to ban disposable vapes

The French parliament has voted unanimously to ban single-use e-cigarettes, known locally as "puffs", amid health and environmental concerns. It still needs backing from France's Senate and clearance from the EU Commission before it becomes law. If both approve the bill, the government said it hopes the ban will be effective by September 2024. Several other countries...

Urgent action needed to protect children and prevent the uptake of e-cigarettes

Urgent action is needed to control e-cigarettes to protect children, as well as non-smokers and minimize health harms to the population. E-cigarettes as consumer products are not shown to be effective for quitting tobacco use at the population level. Instead, alarming evidence has emerged on adverse population health effects. E-cigarettes have been allowed on the...

Plastic Pollution From Cigarette Butts To Cost $186b in 10 Years, Says Report

The costs of environmental pollution caused by plastics in cigarette butts and packaging amount to an estimated US$26 billion every year or US$186billion every 10 years-adjusted for inflation-in waste management and marine ecosystem damage worldwide. Data analysis from the Global Centre for Good Governance in Tobacco Control published online in the journal of Tobacco Control...

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