CISLAC tasks Tinubu to implement effective tobacco tax
THE Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to as a matter of urgency put the machinery running to implement effective tobacco tax regimes in Nigeria to address the harmful tendency the smoking of the product posed to the nation’s populace. This was just as the organisation added that...
Mauritius is first in Africa to adopt WHO full-scale tobacco control measures
Download logo Mauritius has become the first African country to fully implement the entire World Health Organization’s (WHO) package of tobacco control measures aimed at reducing tobacco use and reducing related deaths. The WHO tobacco control package, called MPOWER Package, is a set of six measures to help countries monitor tobacco use and the...
Hong Kong Solicits Feedback on Anti-Smoking Measures
Hong Kong health authorities have asked city residents for feedback on several anti-smoking measures, including a generational tobacco ban, reports the South China Morning Post. The public consultation, which began July 12 and is expected to end Sept. 30, covers four strategies: regulating supply and suppressing demand; banning promotion and reducing attractiveness; expanding nonsmoking areas and...
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...
