July 2023
The dramatic rise of vaping in the UK
Increasing numbers of children are using e-cigarettes adding to the growing chorus of alarm over the potential impact on public health About 4.3 million people in Britain are now estimated to use e-cigarettes, up from 800,000 a decade ago. The UK vaping market is worth nearly £3bn a year, and is growing by more than 5%...
Current evidence identifies health risks of e-cigarette use; long-term research needed
New American Heart Association scientific statement outlines current science on health effects of e-cigarette use, calls for more research on long-term impact Statement Highlights: The number of people who use electronic nicotine delivery systems, typically referred to as e-cigarettes, has grown exponentially, especially among youth and young adults. E-cigarette use more than doubled from 2017...
Angola drives innovation in communicating tobacco control
The smoking epidemic is one of the greatest public health threats the world has ever faced. Tobacco kills an estimated 8 million people yearly, with 1.2 million of those deaths being non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke. The World Health Organization (WHO) works with Member States to assist them in fulfilling their obligations under the terms...
Smoking declines in Namibia
Research carried out by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention indicated a 0.5% decline in smoking habits in Namibia. The statistics report provided to the Ministry of Health and Social Services indicated that 15.10% of the Namibian population are smokers with the highest being active men. A 0.5% decline in smoking was detected from...
Ghana Outlaws Vape Sales and Promotion
Ghana has banned all recreational use of vaping and e-cigarette products. In a press release, the country’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) states that the “sale, advertisement and recreational use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) such as vapes and other non-nicotine tobacco products by the public” is illegal. However, ENDS can be registered as a prescription-only...
Tobacco Sector Opposes New Bill, Says It ‘Stops Just Short Of Prohibition’
They say the new bill in its current form is draconian and could see smokers and retailers facing up to 10 years in prison for minor misdemeanors for failing to abide. CAPE TOWN - Tobacco industry players have criticised the Health Department's Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, saying it stops just short...
The new tobacco bill
The new tobacco bill will hand complete control of South Africa’s cigarette market to the criminal tobacco barons who are already stealing more than R20 billion a year in vital tax revenue. This is the warning from Tax Justice SA (TJSA). “If the kingpins of the illicit cigarette trade were told to draft a plan...
Cameroon: C3T continues to push for effective implementation of pictorial health warnings
The Cameroonian Coalition for Tobacco Control (C3T), continues to push for effective implementation of pictorial health warnings in Cameroon where tobacco industry interference and administrative tolerance seem to stall the policy. In a press conference organized on World No Tobacco Day, C3T highlighted that pictorial health warnings makes it possible to effectively show current...
