Vaping: Free e-cigarettes to be handed out in anti-smoking drive
One million smokers will be given a free vaping starter kit to encourage them to give up tobacco products. Pregnant women will also be offered up to £400 to stop smoking as part of a package of measures in England unveiled by the government on Tuesday. A consultation will be launched on compelling cigarette manufacturers to put...
Malaysia: Tobacco Control Council Calls for Measures to Limit Nicotine Harm
The Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control (MCTC) has called for the government to look into measures to limit harm and exposure of youth to nicotine after the Health Ministry exempted nicotine liquids and gels from the Poisons Act 1952, reports The Star. “We are deeply aggrieved by the decision of the Health Ministry and the government...
Shisha smoking could be conduit for hard drugs use
In Summary • There are some frightening facts linked to smoking of the pipe among them being that shisha smoke contains high levels of chemicals and poisons • Shisha smokers naively try to downplay the negative effects of their use by claiming that the toxins contained in the shisha tobacco are eliminated after passing through water Shisha...
CSOs appeal to President to sign Excise Duty Amendment Bill into law
Accra, April 6, GNA – The Ghana NCD Alliance and its partners have called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to sign the Excise Duty Amendment Bill, 2022 into law to save the lives of the citizenry from diseases and deaths. The other partners were the University of Ghana School of Public Health, Ghana Academy of...
Public Health Experts Urge Kenya To Adopt Swedish Model To Reduce Smoking Prevalence
Nairobi, Kenya Apr 6 – Public health experts have urged Kenyan lawmakers to adopt the pioneering example set by Sweden, to encourage Kenyans to quit smoking. Sweden is set to become the first country in the world to achieve ‘smoke-free’ status when its tobacco smoking prevalence rate falls below 5% in the next few months based...
Tobacco use kills more than 6,700 Ghanaians each year
More than 800,000 Ghanaians continue to smoke annually, while tobacco use kills more than 6,700 people each year in the country. Sixty-six percent of these deaths occur before the age of 70. Mr. Peter Bismark Kwofie, Executive Director, Institute for Liberty, and Policy Innovation (ILAPI), a policy think tank located in Tema, has stated, adding that...
Keeping up with Graphic Health Warnings (GHWs) policy – Why govt must be proactive
The gazetting of the National Tobacco Control Regulations in December 2019 signaled the beginning of a change in the design of cigarette packs and other tobacco products in Nigeria. Prior to the current graphic health warnings regime, cigarette/tobacco packs carried a text warning that read: “The Federal Ministry of Health Warns that smokers are liable...
Bauchi stakeholders canvass tobacco control to end smoking
Stakeholders in Bauchi State in Nigeria have advocated for tobacco control to regulate smoking and consumption of tobacco products in the state. They made the call at a dialogue on tobacco taxation organised by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) on Thursday, March 16, 2023, in Bauchi, the state capital. CISLAC Executive Director, Mr Auwal Rafsanjani,...
Students Ask Nigerian Celebrities to Stop Glamorising Tobacco
A group of 85 students from different schools in Lagos education district one has asked Nigerian celebrities to stop glamorising tobacco usage, stressing that it remained a distraction to them. They agreed that with the increased use of smartphones, other mobile devices, screen time has expanded to include mobile phone and tablet use, in addition...
Enforcement of Tobacco Control Act 2016 In Progress
A joint enforcement by some officers regarding the Tobacco Control Act in the Gambia is in high gear in the provinces as exercises were conducted by these officers during the past weekend, to monitor and reinforce the 2016 Act. The team which comprises the agents of the Police, Customs and Public health officers and...
