Israel: Health experts trash airport decision to bring smoking areas back
The Health Ministry and health organizations are harshly criticizing the Israel Airports Authority for reinstating smoking areas at Ben Gurion Airport. One designated smoking area is already available, and more are expected to open soon, some three years after the airport eliminated all smoking areas in its terminals. The decision to bring back the smoking...
Tobacco kills 1 000 in Namibia annually
While Namibia has made significant progress in the anti-tobacco fight, the country records at least 1 000 tobacco-related deaths annually. This was revealed by deputy health minister Esther Muinjangue at an ongoing anti-tobacco workshop in Rundu earlier this week. One of the chief highlights of this progress is the total ban of advertisements of tobacco products...
New smoking laws for Australia target ‘cunning’ tactics of big tobacco
New laws aimed at curbing smoking and addiction to tobacco products in Australia will be introduced into federal parliament today. The government said the legislation represented the biggest anti-smoking reforms in 12 years, and aimed to help Australians kick a habit that costs 20,000 lives every year. Cigarettes and vapes will be required to carry improved...
MEDIA ALERT: PC ON HEALTH TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND ELECTRONIC DELIVERY SYSTEMS CONTROL BILL IN LIMPOPO
Parliament, Thursday, 14 September 2023 – The Portfolio Committee on Health will this weekend, from Friday 15 September to Sunday 17 September 2023, hold public hearings on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill (B33-2022) in Limpopo which is the second province the committee is visiting as part of a nationwide process...
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,...
