Farmer Reginald Omulo walks between rows of healthy maize and beans, stopping to admire what he has planted. Like many farmers in Uriri Sub-county, Migori County, Kenya, Omulo used to cultivate tobacco. But no longer. He is now passionate about his family’s shift to grow alternative crops, confident that their hard work will be the foundation for...
Ministry of Health in collaboration with Development Gateway has launched the Tobacco Control Data Initiative (TCDI) dashboard through the Division of Tobacco Control. Speaking on Wednesday, Health Director General Patrick Amoth said that the policy makers in Kenya will now have a powerful tool at their disposal to drive evidence-based decision making and support efforts...
Shisha smoking has gradually become popular in Kenya among young people, especially in cities and towns with many bars In Summary • There are some frightening facts linked to smoking of the pipe among them being that shisha smoke contains high levels of chemicals and poisons • Shisha smokers naively try to downplay the negative effects of...
In Summary • There are some frightening facts linked to smoking of the pipe among them being that shisha smoke contains high levels of chemicals and poisons • Shisha smokers naively try to downplay the negative effects of their use by claiming that the toxins contained in the shisha tobacco are eliminated after passing through water Shisha...
Nairobi, Kenya Apr 6 – Public health experts have urged Kenyan lawmakers to adopt the pioneering example set by Sweden, to encourage Kenyans to quit smoking. Sweden is set to become the first country in the world to achieve ‘smoke-free’ status when its tobacco smoking prevalence rate falls below 5% in the next few months based...
Despite the ban, the product is still being sold in the country In Summary •The pouch is placed under the mouth between the lip and the gums for extended periods •A warning written on the product says it contains nicotine, which is a highly addictive substance Anti-tobacco lobbyists have renewed their effort to push for the ban of...
This week, technical experts from the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Revenue Authorities, Ministries of Health in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar and WHO Country Office are meeting to deep dive into tobacco taxation - the most effective and most cost-effective measure to reduce tobacco consumption. Through technical assistance from the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco...
Increasing use of e-cigarettes has posed challenges to tobacco control in Kenya, a major tobacco control organization in the country said, calling for effective regulations over e-cigarettes and other tobacco substitutes. According to Thomas Lindi, the coordinator of the Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance — a non-governmental organization fighting the use of tobacco in Kenya —...
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) wants to increase the stamp duty on combustible cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and other nicotine-delivery devices to KES5 ($0.04) from KES2.8, reports The Star. The agency has invited the public to give its views on the proposal by Feb. 3. The move to appears to be in response to President William Ruto’s directive...
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...
