Philip Morris International (PMI), the tobacco and vaping company behind Marlboro cigarettes, is waging a big lobbying campaign to prevent countries from cracking down on vapes and similar products as part of a global treaty, a leaked email reveals. The company, which has been increasingly focusing on smoke-free products as governments tighten regulations on cigarettes,...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak this week declared England would follow New Zealand’s path on tobacco control and in effect ban cigarettes for the next generation. Australian Health Minister Mark Butler – who has been talking for months about making the country a world leader in tobacco control again – says he will closely monitor...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) wants smoking and vaping banned in schools in the face of relentless targeting of young people by the tobacco and nicotine industry. Saying that almost half of all children worldwide are exposed to air polluted by tobacco smoke, WHO said tobacco industry's tactics have led to an increase in the...
The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance, on Tuesday, lamented the paltry budgetary allocation to tobacco control in the country. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja, the Chairman of NTCA, Akinbode Oluwafemi, disclosed that the allocation to tobacco control plunged by 50 per cent from N9.4m in 2022 to N4.7m in 2023. According to him, the slash...
The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) says the country’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) efforts was being undermined by the continuous use and abuse of tobacco in the country. Akinbode Oluwafemi, the Chairman of NTCA, while briefing on ‘Effective Tobacco Control Funding in Nigeria’ on Friday in Abuja explained that tobacco use has continued to impede...
The Gambia is one of the highly consumed tobacco countries with a fragile market that attracts different age groups including females and underage who are exposed to the products due to the lack of proper law enforcement. The products mostly used in The Gambia include cigarettes, tobacco pipes, shisha, and snuff. Despite the government’s tax...
RUNDU – There has been a concerning gradual decline in the use of tobacco products in Africa between 2010 and 2020, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). However, the greatest decline in tobacco use has been recorded in the Western world, while the same cannot be said about Africa, “Because it is in Africa...
Interview on the BBC's "Focus on Africa" Live from Addis Ababa, the Board Chairperson of the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA), Mr. Akinbode Oluwafemi was guest on the BBC program "Focus on Africa" of 01 August 2023 both on radio and TV. He discussed implementation of the WHO FCTC in Africa following the release of...
Vaping, or the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), among adolescents has grown dramatically over the past several years. Although e-cigarettes have fewer toxins than regular cigarettes, they still contain a mixture of harmful chemicals and raise the risk of respiratory diseases. For the new study, published in Preventive Medicine, the researchers analyzed data from a national...
A new government report finds that federal regulators need to do more to help in the battle to keep kids and teens off tobacco. Among the report's findings were that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs to get tough on retailers selling tobacco to youth and should improve its oversight of online retailers. The FDA should also...
