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...
Smoking decline stalls since Covid as more young people take up the habit – study
A decades-long decline in smoking in England has nearly ground to a halt since the pandemic, a study suggests. The rate of decline slowed from 5.2% in the years before the pandemic to just 0.3% between April 2020 and August 2022, according to the research. The lead researcher said it was likely more young people had taken...
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...
