The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) says the country’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) efforts was being undermined by the continuous use and abuse of tobacco in the country. Akinbode Oluwafemi, the Chairman of NTCA, while briefing on ‘Effective Tobacco Control Funding in Nigeria’ on Friday in Abuja explained that tobacco use has continued to impede...
The Gambia is one of the highly consumed tobacco countries with a fragile market that attracts different age groups including females and underage who are exposed to the products due to the lack of proper law enforcement. The products mostly used in The Gambia include cigarettes, tobacco pipes, shisha, and snuff. Despite the government’s tax...
RUNDU – There has been a concerning gradual decline in the use of tobacco products in Africa between 2010 and 2020, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). However, the greatest decline in tobacco use has been recorded in the Western world, while the same cannot be said about Africa, “Because it is in Africa...
The Portfolio Committee on Health has conducted more public hearings on the new Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, with participants expressing mixed views. The new Bill has been met with both support and vehement opposition, depending on the clauses being focused on. Broadly, the bill aims to introduce the following: Indoor public places...
Proponents and supporters of the raft of new smoking law for South Africa have reflected on the public feedback on the bill so far, alleging that fear-mongering and misinformation have taken root to manipulate the public into rejecting the bill. The new Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill is currently with the provinces...
The recent convergence of movie practitioners on the auspices of Nollywood in Abuja to discuss the dangers of smoking in movies, is indicative that the Nigerian movie industry is now grasping the reality of the threat smoking in films pose to children and the uninformed. While the National Tobacco Control Act of 2015 and...
Senators are now pushing for a ban on electronic cigarettes or strict regulations on the use of the substance. In a motion tabled by Nominated Senator Catherine Mumma, the senators raised concerns over abuse of nicotine and the increasing usage of e-cigarettes by underage users mostly students in primary and secondary schools. The Senate wants the...
No one seems to know what’s in it or where it comes from. Yet the ‘kush devil’ is destroying young African lives. At a rehab centre in Freetown, staff and users are fighting back One thing is certain in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, says 18-year-old Abdullah: you are never far from a kush dealer. Some...
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...
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...
