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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
London-based company says it has agreed to sell Russian and Belarusian businesses, 18 months after initial decision to withdraw British American Tobacco says it will sell its last cigarette in Russia within a month, ending its presence in the world’s fourth-largest tobacco market a year and a half after it first pledged to do so...
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has raised concern over a new cigarette brand on the market which they say risks undoing efforts so far made towards reduction of smoking in the country. Dr Hafisa Lukwata, the Tobacco Control Focal Person in the Ministry of Health says that the ORIS cigarette,...
INTERVIEW. Le professeur Amine Benyamina, spécialiste de l’addictologie, commente la décision du gouvernement de ne pas augmenter le prix des cigarettes en 2024. Il y a deux ans, Emmanuel Macron affirmait souhaiter l'avènement de « la première génération sans tabac de l'histoire récente » en 2030. Le projet du gouvernement, fin août dernier, d'augmenter le prix...
Since its inception, e-cigarette use (or vaping) has been marketed as a “healthy” alternative to cigarettes, and even as a pathway to quitting tobacco use altogether. Unfortunately, no current scientific evidence supports either claim. When it comes to stopping tobacco, safe and proven alternatives exist, but none involve vaping. When it comes to quitting tobacco, a...
