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30JunJune 30, 2023

New deadline for smoking and vape laws in South Africa

The Portfolio Committee on Health has announced that public consultation on the new Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill will end on 28 July. In a media statement from Parliament, the government said that written submissions on the bill must be emailed to tobaccobill@parliament.gov.za or submitted online at https://forms.gle/FLrhnvThDk8ccLG97. As reported on 22 June, the submission period was originally...

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30JunJune 30, 2023

Stakeholders Urge Federal Gov To Enforce Implementation Of New Graphic Health Warnings On Cigarette Packs

The requirement to rigorously abide by and implement the National Tobacco Control Act of 2015 and its Regulations of 2019, both of which call for the placement of graphic health warnings on tobacco packages, has come to the attention of the federal government. The National Tobacco Control Act of 2015 and its Regulations of 2019,...

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30JunJune 30, 2023

Kenya crafts standards for nicotine pouches in anti-tobacco campaign

Kenya is developing certification standards for processing and distributing non-combustible nicotine products. British American Tobacco Kenya has disclosed to shareholders that the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) is spearheading the process for the products the firm expects to help retain health-conscious consumers who have been gradually moving away from tobacco smoking. “Our introduction of modern oral...

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24JunJune 24, 2023

Why farmers are giving up tobacco for iron beans

Gilbert Ombok, 56, ditched tobacco farming and embraced high iron-rich beans commonly known as Nyota beans when the adverse effect of the nicotine crops caught up with him. His involvement in tobacco farming has made him feel the effects of the chemicals he used in farming and curing tobacco to date. The father of four who...

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24JunJune 24, 2023

UBC’s Sarah wins ATCA tobacco control media award, Tobacco control act to be fully enforced

Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC)’s journalist Ms. Mawerere Sarah has won the Africa Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) 2022 Tobacco Control Media Award. While handling over the Award to Ms. Mawerere on Thursday morning, the national coordinator for Uganda Health Communication Alliance (UHCA) Mr. Baguma Richard Tinkasimire said the Award aims at recognizing the vital role that...

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24JunJune 24, 2023

Tobacco use in Africa: Surveys show who needs help

In low-income countries, smoking is often associated with low social and educational status. These consumers do not have the means to pay for advice and medication. Tobacco use represents a heavy health and economic burden worldwide. The research valued that in 2019, around 8 million deaths were attributable to smoking. Tobacco also reduces years of healthy life : about...

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23JunJune 23, 2023

Adriana B. Marquizo: Tobacco control deserves attention as climate change mitigation

The Head of Secretariat of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC) Adriana Blanco Marquizo spoke to Vincent Owino on how the region can step up tobacco control. Your country, Uruguay, is among the few countries that have successfully become smoke-free. What lessons can Kenya and East Africa pick up on tobacco...

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23JunJune 23, 2023

African countries fight for tobacco control

A lack of resources and interference from the tobacco industry make it difficult to strengthen anti-smoking regulations. Fastone Goma, a physician and chair of the Zambia Non-Communicable Disease Alliance, has been working for more than 15 years to pass tobacco cessation legislation in Zambia. Bills have gone to several ministers of health, agriculture and commerce,...

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23JunJune 23, 2023

Tobacco smoking: It’s time to stop the initiation ceremony

Films are a preferred source of entertainment and learning for many, and audiences are often quick to mirror in their daily lives what they have seen on screen. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control which Nigeria ratified on October 20, 2005, requires parties to implement a comprehensive ban on Tobacco Advertising,...

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23JunJune 23, 2023

Zanzibar to ban Shisha and E-cigarette smoking

Authorities in Zanzibar are set to impose a ban on import and consumption of Shisha and E-cigarettes saying it was being consumed carelessly in public places. In a communication to the public, Zanzibar’s Minister of State, Office of the President, Regional Administrations, Local Governments and SMZ Departments, Masoud Ali Mohammed said government will issue a...

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