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Watch Out for Smokeless Tobacco and Nicotine

Do you know that your child could be consuming tobacco and nicotine products right under your nose? For parents, now is the time to watch out for smokeless tobacco and nicotine. If you think the tobacco industry will go down without a fight, you are mistaken. Let me jog your memory before I tell you...

Report: Kenya losing momentum in anti-tobacco war

Kenya has lost the gains made in tobacco control before the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report shows. The Global Tobacco Index is produced by the Global Centre for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC) as part of the STOP (Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products) global tobacco industry watchdog. It focuses on the World Health Organization (WHO)’s...

Tobacco Control: Is Kenya at a loss?

The blossoming tobacco industry is hampering Kenya’s efforts to reduce tobacco consumption, says the International Institute of Legislative Affairs (IILA). Despite the well documented effects of tobacco use that causes 8.8 million deaths globally every year, the country continues to tread softly around its stated intentions to control consumption of cigarettes and smokeless products. IILA attributes...

MWANGI: Need for urgent research on nicotine pouches

When consumed in high levels, nicotine can lead to poisoning and death, but the most common problem with the chemical is its addictive nature. It reconfigures how the brain operates and makes people crave tobacco products.   There is a raging debate as to whether nicotine pouches should be restricted due to the fact that...

We must stem increasing use of tobacco by women

Africa is experiencing an increasing rate of tobacco use. The rapid growth of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa and an increase in consumer purchasing power is leading to larger, ready and more accessible markets in Africa. In addition, there are rigorous efforts by the tobacco industry to expand African markets. Shockingly in Africa, according to...

Tobacco firms using front groups to hold on

Kevin Kinyua, a businessman selling tobacco(Tumbaku) at Mtito Andei Market which is near Tsavo west national park in Mtito Andei in Makueni county. [David Gichuru, Standard] The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year around the world. More than 7...

Farmers’ shift from tobacco farming will save lives

In March this year, hundreds of farmers in Migori county, transitioned from risky tobacco farming to production of more sustainable crops, through the Tobacco-Free Farms Project. It was a joint initiative of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), in collaboration with the...

Tobacco product tax effective in reducing cigar use

Earlier this month the National Treasury Cabinet Secretary announced an intention to raise taxes on e-cigarette products during the annual budget statement presentation to Parliament. This announcement was received with excitement and condemnation in equal measure from tobacco control enthusiasts and the tobacco industry, respectively. In recent years, innovation in the tobacco industry has led...

MWANGI: Why killer cigarettes are still around

By late 1953, the tobacco industry faced a crisis of calamitous scope. Smoking had been positively linked to the dramatic rise of lung cancer. It worked to condemn, confuse and erode the very science that now threatened to destroy its prized, highly popular and exclusive product. The tobacco industry has been seeking since the 1950s to...

Tobacco sellers fight back

The tobacco industry has been seeking influence by funding research that supports its business and suppressing studies unfavourable to its positions. By late 1953, the industry faced a crisis. Smoking had been linked to the rise of lung cancer. Though health concerns had been raised for decades, there was a powerful expansion and consolidation of...

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