March 2023
Tobacco consumption is the leading cause of TB in India: Key signs to note
According to a study, India has the highest burden of TB globally, and the disease is responsible for killing about 480,000 people every year and more than 1400 every day in the country. WHO states that a total of 1.6 million people died from TB in 2021 (including 187 000 people with HIV). Globally,...
Juul, Altria face first trial over claims of marketing e-cigarettes to teens
E-cigarette company Juul Labs Inc and its former largest investor, Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc (MO.N), will face their first U.S. trial this week over claims that they created a public nuisance by marketing addictive e-cigarettes to minors. Minnesota seeks to force the companies to pay for measures to remedy the harms of addiction. It says...
No records kept in Scotland for children falling ill from vaping
It comes amid our campaign to outlaw disposable brands of e-cigs which are becoming a growing litter and pollution menace. Scottish health chiefs have no idea how many youngsters have needed hospital treatment after falling ill from vaping. While the number of under-18s hospitalised as a result of vaping quadrupled last year in England there are no comparable figures...
Australian teenagers urge government to help them break vaping addiction
Submissions to the TGA include comments from 13-19-year-olds who want restrictions in place to help them with nicotine addiction Teenagers have urged the Australian government to help them break their nicotine addiction, submissions to a major consultation on vaping reforms reveal. A submission to drug regulator the Therapeutic Goods Administration from South Australia’s commissioner for children...
Bulgaria to support tobacco growers with 36 mln euro
Bulgaria will provide 70.5 million levs ($38.4 million/36.05 million euro) to its tobacco growers for 2022 under a programme for supporting their transition to an alternative livelihood, State Fund Agriculture said. The financing will be awarded to producers who have grown tobacco during at least one year in the reference period 2007 - 2009, the...
Tobacco-linked organisations and executives fail to declare interests to TGA vaping inquiry
Known links to tobacco multinationals and vaping lobby groups omitted in submissions to federal government consultation on reform. Organisations and executives with known links to big tobacco and vaping companies have failed to declare them in submissions to a major government consultation on vaping reforms aimed at protecting children from nicotine addiction. The submission of the...
Kenya: Revenue authority proposes higher tobacco stamp duties.
In June 2022, the President assented to the Finance Bill 2022 thereby activating various proposals to Kenya’s fiscal governance regimes. Among the changes effected were the increased excise duty rates for various tobacco and nicotine products such as electronic cigarettes and the liquid nicotine therein, cartridges for use in electronic cigarettes, cigarettes with/without filters,...
CSO’s Consult on Tobacco Endgame in Ghana
A Consultative Forum for Civil Society Organizations was held on 8th February 2023 in Accra, where Mr. Issah Ali, Executive Director of Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) highlighted the concept of the Tobacco Endgame. He shed light on its effective strategies, global best practices, the opportunities available to Ghana and other areas of reflection. Mr....
