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20JulJuly 20, 2023

Current evidence identifies health risks of e-cigarette use; long-term research needed

New American Heart Association scientific statement outlines current science on health effects of e-cigarette use, calls for more research on long-term impact Statement Highlights: The number of people who use electronic nicotine delivery systems, typically referred to as e-cigarettes, has grown exponentially, especially among youth and young adults. E-cigarette use more than doubled from 2017...

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20JulJuly 20, 2023

Angola drives innovation in communicating tobacco control

The smoking epidemic is one of the greatest public health threats the world has ever faced. Tobacco kills an estimated 8 million people yearly, with 1.2 million of those deaths being non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke. The World Health Organization (WHO) works with Member States to assist them in fulfilling their obligations under the terms...

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18JulJuly 18, 2023

Smoking declines in Namibia

Research carried out by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention indicated a 0.5% decline in smoking habits in Namibia. The statistics report provided to the Ministry of Health and Social Services indicated that 15.10% of the Namibian population are smokers with the highest being active men. A 0.5% decline in smoking was detected from...

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18JulJuly 18, 2023

Ghana Outlaws Vape Sales and Promotion

Ghana has banned all recreational use of vaping and e-cigarette products. In a press release, the country’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) states that the “sale, advertisement and recreational use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) such as vapes and other non-nicotine tobacco products by the public” is illegal. However, ENDS can be registered as a prescription-only...

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18JulJuly 18, 2023

Tobacco Sector Opposes New Bill, Says It ‘Stops Just Short Of Prohibition’

They say the new bill in its current form is draconian and could see smokers and retailers facing up to 10 years in prison for minor misdemeanors for failing to abide. CAPE TOWN - Tobacco industry players have criticised the Health Department's Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, saying it stops just short...

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18JulJuly 18, 2023

The new tobacco bill

The new tobacco bill will hand complete control of South Africa’s cigarette market to the criminal tobacco barons who are already stealing more than R20 billion a year in vital tax revenue. This is the warning from Tax Justice SA (TJSA). “If the kingpins of the illicit cigarette trade were told to draft a plan...

Tobacco Industry NewsSouth Africa, TJSA, Tobacco control billLike: 0Read more...

05JulJuly 5, 2023

Cameroon: C3T continues to push for effective implementation of pictorial health warnings

The Cameroonian Coalition for Tobacco Control (C3T), continues to push for effective implementation of pictorial health warnings in Cameroon where tobacco industry interference and administrative tolerance seem to stall the policy. In a press conference organized on World No Tobacco Day, C3T highlighted that pictorial health warnings makes it possible to effectively show current...

Africa News, WNTD-2023¨Public Health, C3T, Cameroon, Nicotine, Nicotine addiction, Pictorial Health Warning, TobaccoLike: 0Read more...

30JunJune 30, 2023

Thousands of Unauthorized Vapes Pouring Into US Despite Crackdown on Fruity Flavors

The number of different electronic cigarette devices sold in the U.S. has nearly tripled to over 9,000 since 2020, driven almost entirely by a wave of unauthorized disposable vapes from China, according to tightly controlled sales data obtained by The Associated Press. The numbers demonstrate the Food and Drug Administration's inability to control the tumultuous...

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30JunJune 30, 2023

Tobacco companies to display smoking health risk signs in US stores

Under federal court order, tobacco companies must post health risk warning signs in US retail stores selling cigarettes from 1 July. Point-of-sale signs advising on smoking health risks will be installed near tobacco displays in 220,000 retail stores across the US between 1 July and 30 September. These signs must be displayed until 30 June 2025. The...

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30JunJune 30, 2023

Europe has a tobacco smuggling problem it needs to curb

Putting an end to tobacco smuggling would mean extra money in the budget to help those who need it the most — an ideal the European Union leaders vowed to uphold, Cristian Gherasim writes. Unfortunately, contraband and counterfeit goods have always been making their way into the EU with great costs to the economy, health...

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