Archives des Africa - African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA)

16MarMarch 16, 2023

Training of legislators and advisors by WHO in Mauritius on use of various legal tools to strengthen tobacco control and reduce NCD risk factors

Legal advisors and judicial officers from Botswana, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia attended a 3-day legal capacity building workshop in Port Louis, Mauritius from 01 to 03 March 2023 to strengthen tobacco control and reduction of NCD risk factors. Mauritius was proposed to host the...

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08MarMarch 8, 2023

NEW REPORT – The Price We Pay: Six Industry Pricing Strategies That Undermine Life-Saving Tobacco Taxes

A report published by global tobacco industry watchdog STOP entitled The Price We Pay reveals that tobacco companies in Africa and around the world are using pricing strategies to weaken the impact of tax increases designed to reduce the health and economic costs of tobacco use. The report highlights six industry pricing strategies that undermine life-saving tobacco...

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16JanJanuary 16, 2023

Curbing increasing use of tobacco in Africa

Africa was estimated to have about 52 million tobacco smokers, in the year 2000. This increased in 2015 to 66 million and it is projected that by the year 2025, Africa will have about 84 million smokers, a 61.5 percent increase in the number of smokers from year 2000. Also, the youthful population in...

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16DecDecember 16, 2022

Non-Communicable Diseases Unit Updates Public On Enforcement Of Tobacco Control Act 2016

The Non-communicable Disease (NCD) unit under the Directorate of Health Promotion and Education, Ministry of Health Friday updated the public on the ongoing enforcement of the Tobacco Control Act 2016 during a press briefing held at the Central Medical Store Complex, Kotu. Giving updates regarding the enforcement of the tobacco control Act 2016, Omar Badjie,...

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16DecDecember 16, 2022

Kenya anti-tobacco crusaders fault President Ruto’s South Korea deal

A group of advocates of tobacco use control have denounced the deal Kenya’s President William Ruto made with South Korea to enhance tobacco trade, saying it will put more Kenyans at risk of diseases linked to the farming and use of the product. The Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance (Ketca), an umbrella body of civil society organisations...

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16DecDecember 16, 2022

How Sub-Saharan Africa can significantly reduce its cigarette consumption

Sub-Saharan Africa is poised to suffer a tobacco pandemic given the overall prevalence of cigarette consumption. This is a result of the tobacco industry's aggressive marketing campaigns, rapid economic and population expansion, or both. The demand for tobacco goods can be decreased by raising the excise duty on these items since higher taxes make tobacco products more expensive...

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02NovNovember 2, 2022

35 organisations from 23 African countries call for the removal of Philip Morris International (PMI) from all engagements related to the Africa Trade & Customs Week Summit 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lomé 02 November, 2022 35 organisations from 23 African countries have denounced the brandishing of Philip Morris International (PMI) as one of the sponsors of the AFRICA TRADE & CUSTOMS WEEK SUMMIT 2022, and called for the withdrawal of the tobacco multinational from all engagements related to the summit which is scheduled to...

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31OctOctober 31, 2022

Farmers want to be allowed to get fertilizer on loan from tobacco companies

Farmers in Mzimba have asked Parliament to amend the Tobacco Act to allow tobacco companies to provide loans to tobacco farmers for production of crops such as maize, saying tobacco farmers have no access to fertilizer under Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) and they cannot afford to buy fertilizer on their own due to high...

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28OctOctober 28, 2022

“A cleaner, healthier city”: Expanding smoke-free spaces in Cape Town

Since 2020, the city of Cape Town has been working with the Partnership for Healthy Cities to increase smoke-free compliance in public buildings and raise awareness about the harms of second-hand tobacco smoke. Tobacco prevalence in South Africa is estimated to be around 20% of the adult population (aged 15+)1 and causes thousands of...

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21OctOctober 21, 2022

Claims illegal tobacco trade will boom in a smokefree NZ are smoke and mirrors, experts say

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...

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