France to prohibit disposable e-cigarettes in new anti-tobacco initiative
Prime Minister Borne aims to combat smoking-related deaths and youth addiction France plans to ban disposable electronic cigarettes, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on radio station RTL on Sunday. “It’s an important public health issue,” said Borne, adding that the government is drawing up plans for a national program to fight tobacco use that she...
Australia: Victorian government hired KPMG to consult on tobacco changes despite firm’s links to industry
Exclusive: transparency advocates condemn arrangement as ‘appalling’ while health department refuses to say how much consultancy was paid The Victorian government paid a consultancy firm that has spent decades working for big tobacco to lead the state’s consultation on changes to tobacco and vaping laws, before the process was abandoned. The state’s health department has repeatedly...
Announcing a new interactive data analytics platform to monitor FCTC treaty implementation
The Global Tobacco Control Progress Hub is a new interactive data analytics platform that provides a “window on the world” of WHO FCTC treaty implementation. The platform was launched in 2022 by ASH Canada and the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The main purpose of the...
Anti-tobacco Law: CISLAC Engages Gombe Line Ministries Over Domestication
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has met with some line Ministries in Gombe State to advocate on the need for the domestication of the anti-tobacco law in the State. The ministries visited are, the State Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources; the State Ministry of Health and the State Ministry of Justice. Solomon Adoga,...
British American Tobacco to end sales in Russia within a month
London-based company says it has agreed to sell Russian and Belarusian businesses, 18 months after initial decision to withdraw British American Tobacco says it will sell its last cigarette in Russia within a month, ending its presence in the world’s fourth-largest tobacco market a year and a half after it first pledged to do so...
MOH sounds alarm over new cigarette targeting women
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has raised concern over a new cigarette brand on the market which they say risks undoing efforts so far made towards reduction of smoking in the country. Dr Hafisa Lukwata, the Tobacco Control Focal Person in the Ministry of Health says that the ORIS cigarette,...
