Statement of Leonce SESSOU, Executive Secretary, African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) Lomé 25 February, 2021
NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 12 – A Non-Governmental Organization has petitioned Parliament to review the minimum legal age of smoking and access to tobacco products from the current 18 years to 21. In its legislative proposal, Tobacco Control Act Amendment Bill 2021, African Center for Corrective and Preventive Action said its enactment will boost Kenya’s fight...
A lobby has called on the government to come out and enforce tobacco control laws as a way of preventing the growing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in the country. The Tobacco Control Alliance has also demanded that the Tobacco Control Fund be operationalized so as to enhance tobacco control in the country. KETCA chairman Joel Gitali...
British American Tobacco Kenya has named a Kenyan to head the cigarette-maker as it marks over 113 years in the market. The firm on Monday announced Crispin Achola as its new managing director effective January 1, 2021, replacing Beverley Spencer-Obatoyinbo. Mr Achola, who had previously worked at BAT for 19 years before exiting in 2017, makes a...
