KETCA urges tobacco farmers to grow nutritious food
Marking the World’s No Tobacco day, Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance(KETCA) has today campaigned on the importance of growing sustainable nutritious crops instead of tobacco. With this year’s theme “We need food, not tobacco”, KETCA aims at raising awareness of creating alternative crop production and marketing opportunities for tobacco farmers. Speaking to the media today, KETCA chairman...
Africa Needs Food, Not Tobacco: Together, we can effectively replace the cultivation of killer tobacco with nourishing food.
Statement of Leonce Dieudonne SESSOU, Executive Secretary of the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) For immediate release African governments must learn from the Kenya example and seek ways to collaborate with civil society and international organizations to promote better alternatives for tobacco farmers. Let us feed Africa, not the tobacco industry. Lomé, 30 May 2023 - This year,...
Australian government cracks down on smoking and vaping
Australia’s tobacco tax will be increased by billions of dollars over the next four years as the government cracks down on smoking and vaping. Recreational vaping will be banned as the government seeks to prevent the next generation from becoming addicted to nicotine, Health Minister Mark Butler said Tuesday. The tobacco tax would be raised by...
New York public health leaders celebrate ‘great win’ on cigarette tax rise
Come September, New York smokers will be paying more for their pack of cigarettes. Included in the state budget was a provision that raises the cigarette tax from $4.35 to $5.35 a pack. Sarah Ravenhall, executive director of the New York State Association of County Health Officials, told Capital Tonight that the increase is a “great...
Smoke free Sweden: Why are Swedes stubbing out their cigarettes?
The Scandinavian country is a trailblazer when it comes to quitting smoking, but other forms of tobacco consumption are still popular. Sweden is on course to become one of the world's first "smoke-free" countries, defined as less than 5% of the adult population smoking. It is set to achieve this significant milestone in the coming months...
Butt why? The EU countries weighing a ban on cigarette filters to deter smoking and cut pollution
Health and environmental campaigners are calling for a European ban on cigarette filters, saying it would fight pollution and discourage people from smoking. Cigarette butts are the second most common litter found on European beaches, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Last year, WHO called on governments worldwide to consider cigarette filters as single-use plastics...
National Strategy on Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control to 2030 approved
Vietnam is striving to reduce the rate of tobacco use among males aged from 15 to less than 39% in the 2023 – 2025 period as set out in the freshly-approved National Strategy on Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control to 2030. Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is striving to reduce the rate of tobacco use among males...
WHO urges governments to stop subsidizing life-threatening tobacco crops
On World No Tobacco Day, WHO urges governments to stop subsidizing tobacco farming and support more sustainable crops that could feed millions. “Tobacco is responsible for 8 million deaths a year, yet governments across the world spend millions supporting tobacco farms,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “By choosing to grow food instead of tobacco, we...
Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: a fit-for-purpose life-saving treaty
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly Strategic Roundtable As part of WHO's 75th anniversary, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the key milestones in the history of WHO: the adoption of the first international public health treaty. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), an evidence-based instrument, provides new legal dimensions for international...
Tobacco smoking: Time to close the gap in enforcing graphic health warning policy
The alarming rate and impunity with which the tobacco industry and its promoters visibilise tobacco products and smoking in the virtual space requires the urgent attention of relevant agencies of government if we must save the next generation of young Nigerians. The images, videos and skits of celebrities smoking like chimney and glamourising their acts...
