The Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that Nigeria exported cigarettes worth N57 billion in 2022. The agency disclosed this in its foreign trade report published on its website and obtained by Ripples Nigeria on Sunday. A breakdown of the data showed that Nigeria exported cigarettes worth N10 billion in the first quarter of last...
New Zealand lawmakers are exploring ways to make the country smokefree by 2025 Opinion - New Zealand's parliament is considering a new smokefree law to implement key components of the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan. This plan includes the removal of nicotine from tobacco and a reduction of the number of tobacco retail outlets to ensure...
En sa qualité d'organisation régionale coordonnant les initiatives de la société civile en matière de lutte antitabac sur le continent, ACTA s'efforce de promouvoir la synergie avec d'autres organisations régionales de lutte antitabac et d'assurer la mobilisation, le renforcement des capacités et la coordination pour une lutte antitabac efficace en Afrique. L'alliance a acquis des...
As a regional organisation coordinating tobacco control civil society initiatives in the continent, ATCA works to foster synergy with other tobacco control stakeholders, and ensure mobilisation, capacity building and coordination for effective tobacco control in Africa. The alliance has acquired skills, knowledge and expertise in various tobacco control domains and support parties, leading to major tobacco...
TERMS OF REFERENCE REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR A CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP PROJECT PROPOSAL Contract Type: Consultancy (1 consultant) Duration: 4 months Closing Date: March 2022 1. BACKGROUND ATCA is a non-profit, non-political and continent-wide tobacco control alliance of civil society organizations (CSOs) with a vision to promote health by building a tobacco-free Africa. Established in 2008, the alliance...
Theme: Tobacco – Threat to our environment The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for nominations to the World No Tobacco Day Awards of individuals or organizations in each of the six WHO Regions for their accomplishments in the area of tobacco control. Guidelines for nominations The objective of these criteria is to facilitate nominations, bearing in...
L’OMS annonce aujourd’hui la campagne 2022 pour la Journée mondiale sans tabac, qui aura pour thème : « Le tabac : une menace pour notre environnement ». La campagne vise à sensibiliser le grand public à l’impact du tabac sur l’environnement – culture, production, distribution et déchets. Elle donnera aux consommateurs de tabac une...
WHO today announces the 2022 global campaign for World No Tobacco Day - “Tobacco: Threat to our environment." . The campaign is aimed to raise awareness among the public on the environmental impact of tobacco – from cultivation, production, distribution and waste. It will give tobacco users one extra reason to quit. The campaign will...
Statement of Leonce SESSOU, Executive Secretary of the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) on the Release of the WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2021. Africa must strive to keep low its rate of current and projected sales of new technology tobacco products FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lomé, 11 August 2021 Published on 27 July 2021, the...
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