The costs of environmental pollution caused by plastics in cigarette butts and packaging amount to an estimated US$26 billion every year or US$186billion every 10 years-adjusted for inflation-in waste management and marine ecosystem damage worldwide. Data analysis from the Global Centre for Good Governance in Tobacco Control published online in the journal of Tobacco Control...
The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to tackle tobacco use by children in Nigeria. Dr Jamila Ibrahim, Minister of Youth and Social. The development made the commitment in Abuja on Friday when Ms Bintou Camara, Regional Director, Tobacco Control Programme (AFRO) Campaign for Tobacco–Free Kids paid her a courtesy visit. Ibrahim said that tobacco smoking...
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) in collaboration with the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has completed a four-day Africa regional preparatory meeting for the 10th session of the Conference of Parties (COP 10) to the WHO FCTC and the 3rd meeting of the...
Health experts, tobacco control advocates and national development policy specialists in Kenya have renewed their demands on the taxation of cigarettes. They are basing their arguments on the recent tax announcements in the 2023/24 financial year budget which did not adjust the excise duty on cigarettes upwards, despite proposals. And for the first time in about...
Governments across Africa have been urged to block all loopholes exploited by tobacco multinationals and fronts to undermine the implementation of tobacco control regulations and programmes on the continent. The call came at the recent launching of the 2023 Africa Tobacco Industry Interference Index report attended by tobacco control advocates, government officials, journalists and other...
According to the report, Zambia, Tanzania, and Cameroon have the highest tobacco industry interference with Cameroon recording the worst performance, while Uganda, Ethiopia, and Botswana have the lowest rates of tobacco industry interference, with Botswana being the best-performing country. Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Health of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and...
The 2023 Africa Tobacco Industry Interference Index was launched on Wednesday October 18, in a virtual event attended by tobacco control advocates, government officials, the media, and other stakeholders. The Index, produced by the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) in collaboration with the Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research and the Global...
As the world continues to suffer tobacco induced diseases and deaths, a report released by the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) has revealed that Zambia, Tanziana and Cameroun have the highest incidences of tobacco industry interference on the African continent. The 2023 Africa Tobacco Industry Interference Index, the report was launched on Wednesday, October 18,...
It shows the industry is audaciously and successfully fighting Kenya’s health laws. In Summary The interference has enabled the tobacco industry to flood the Kenyan market with unregulated nicotine pouches and other unregulated products such as e-cigarettes. Recently, MPs asked the Ministry of Health to ban nicotine pouches in Kenya because they flout the Tobacco...
Zambia, Tanzania, and Cameroon have the highest tobacco industry interference, with Cameroon recording the worst performance, according to the 2023 Africa Tobacco Industry Interference Index. The Index has revealed that Uganda, Ethiopia, and Botswana have the lowest rates of tobacco industry interference, with Botswana being the best-performing country. This came to light during the the launch...
