PAHO launches “Florencia,” a Spanish-language artificial intelligence tool to quit smoking
Washington, D.C., February 8, 2021 (PAHO) The Pan American Health Organization today will launch “Florencia,” the Spanish version of an artificial intelligence tool developed by the World Health Organization to help people quit smoking. The launch is part of WHO’s year-long World No Tobacco Day campaign: "Commit to quitting tobacco." Florencia, which is accessible through...
Pakistan: Tobacco control activists demand increase in FED on tobacco products
Tobacco control activists have demanded that the government increase FED on tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco products, in Pakistan. Currently, there are two tax slabs for cigarettes. An amount of Rs 33/- FED is imposed on cigarettes costing less than Rs. 90/- per packet and Rs. 90/- on cigarettes with a price of Rs. 90/-...
Opinion: It’s time for flavored tobacco products to go
Two weeks ago, a bipartisan coalition of 23 state attorneys general called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban menthol cigarettes. We asserted that such a move would benefit public health overall, decrease youth smoking, and help mitigate the harm these products bring to minority populations. But even if the FDA decides...
India: Tobacco is India’s biggest cancer worry: Docs
Cancer has become one of the leading causes of death in India. A report of The National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP) 2020, released by the ICMR and the National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research, Bengaluru, estimated 13.9 lakh cancer cases by the end of 2020 which are likely to increase to 15.7 lakh...
Ghana: VALD warn against tobacco, alcohol consumption as it marks World Cancer Day
On World Cancer Day, the Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) is pleased to associate itself to the call by countries, the World Health Organization and civil societies who are joining forces to raise awareness of the global cancer burden and take further steps to better prevent and reduce cancer. The need to step up cancer...
India: Global study points to rampant tobacco use among adolescents, children
The study, between 2010 and 2018, noted that the prevalence of smoking cigarettes at least one day over a 30-day period was approximately twice as high at the age of 15 as compared to 13 years in both boys and girls Despite an overall reduction in cigarette use over the last 20 years, nearly 1...
