Archives des Tobacco industry - African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA)

05MayMay 5, 2023

WHO and tobacco control partners urge countries not to partner or work with the tobacco industry

WHO is concerned with continued attempts by the tobacco industry and their surrogates to further its interests to influence scientific research, public perception, policy making, and the media; all aimed to ensure proliferation and sale of nicotine and tobacco products. The tobacco industry continues to amplify misinformation in the media, including the recent egregious attacks on...

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17MarMarch 17, 2023

JT International South Africa (JTI) welcomes reasonable tobacco excise tax increase

In response to the Minister of Finance's budget speech on 22 February 2023, Ahmad Ismail, general manager for Southern Africa & Nigeria, (has) welcomed the tobacco excise tax increase of 4.9%. At JTI we support the need for predictable and stable tobacco excise increases. We are furthermore conscious of our products being subjected to excise...

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10MarMarch 10, 2023

Campaign for making tobacco polluters pay launches in The New York Times

The New York Times has partnered with the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC), a convention of Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance (STPA), for a campaign urging countries to ban cigarette filters and make tobacco polluters pay for the environmental damage. The campaign is launched by the STPA, a coalition of organisations behind...

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08MarMarch 8, 2023

Teens who turn to vaping report more anxiety, depression

For decades, people turned to cigarettes in times of stress. Now, a preliminary study hints that young people are using vaping in the same way. The study, of nearly 2,000 U.S. teenagers and young adults, found that those who vaped nicotine or marijuana were more likely to report anxiety, depression or suicidal thoughts. In fact,...

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06FebFebruary 6, 2023

The European Union Bans Flavoured Heated Tobacco Products

The European Commission (EC) had proposed a ban on the sales of flavoured heated tobacco products due to a reported increase in use, and the directive came into force on November 23rd 2022. The ban was proposed in response to a reported 10% rise in the sales volumes of heated tobacco products in several EU...

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06JulJuly 6, 2022

Nigeria’s Social Networking Sites Captured by Tobacco Industry Says New Report, CAPPA

A report released by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) yesterday (June 20) has exposed how social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are now used to flout Nigeria’s National Tobacco Control Act and its Regulations. The report detailed how companies like British American Tobacco (BAT) and Philip Morris International Nigeria Limited (PMINL)...

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07JunJune 7, 2022

BAT Nigeria announces massive investment in Solar Energy

Leading consumer goods company, British American Tobacco (BAT) Nigeria has restated its commitment to addressing climate change and environmental management issues, while delivering a positive social impact and ensuring robust corporate governance across its operations. This was contained in a statement issued by the multinational organisation on the occasion of this year’s World Environment Day...

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07JunJune 7, 2022

Switching from tobacco to beans farming in Kenya

Migori, Kenya — Sixty-four-year-old Petalis Ouma has suffered chronic cough and chest pains. Lately, the chest pain has been worsening. He has never smoked a cigarette but cultivated tobacco for years in his home in Migori, a region in southwestern Kenya where tobacco is one of the primary cash crops. Growing tobacco has a detrimental effect...

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07JunJune 7, 2022

How tobacco farms promote child labour

Tobacco production is a multi-billion-dollar global industry. Unfortunately, the cultivation of tobacco engages the labour of children in extremely dangerous environments, which has both immediate and long-term consequences for society. Tobacco production and consumption are public health issues with human rights implications. Tobacco is now produced in 125 countries, including Kenya. In a quest to...

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20MayMay 20, 2022

Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry pledges to end child labor and deforestation

Zimbabwe, Africa’s biggest tobacco grower and one of the world's top exporters of the nicotine leaf opened its selling season for the crop amid pledges to fight deforestation and child labor in response to pressure from rights groups, environmentalists and international buyers. Almost a month into Zimbabwe’s 2022 tobacco selling season, one of the priorities...

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