Our interventions on the WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2023
Interview on the BBC's "Focus on Africa" Live from Addis Ababa, the Board Chairperson of the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA), Mr. Akinbode Oluwafemi was guest on the BBC program "Focus on Africa" of 01 August 2023 both on radio and TV. He discussed implementation of the WHO FCTC in Africa following the release of...
Africa is making tobacco control progress, but more can and should be done
Statement of Leonce Dieudonne SESSOU, Executive Secretary of the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) following the release of the WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2023 For immediate release Lomé, 25 September 2023 - The African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) is pleased to see that countries of the WHO Afro region are improving their level...
Vaping may increase asthma risk for young users
Vaping, or the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), among adolescents has grown dramatically over the past several years. Although e-cigarettes have fewer toxins than regular cigarettes, they still contain a mixture of harmful chemicals and raise the risk of respiratory diseases. For the new study, published in Preventive Medicine, the researchers analyzed data from a national...
FDA must crack down on retailers selling tobacco to teens: Report
A new government report finds that federal regulators need to do more to help in the battle to keep kids and teens off tobacco. Among the report's findings were that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs to get tough on retailers selling tobacco to youth and should improve its oversight of online retailers. The FDA should also...
Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fears
Government understood to have concluded the disposable nicotine products are mainly aimed at under-18s. Ministers are reportedly poised to ban single-use vapes, after a series of calls from councils, leading paediatricians and public waste campaigners to make selling the disposable devices illegal on health and environmental grounds. The move could come next week after the government...
Tobacco ban ignored near PH schools – study
TOBACCO and nicotine products sale and advertising still persist within the proximity of schools in the Philippines despite government regulations, a study shows. An observational study conducted by the Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health also finds that enforcement of the comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising,...
