China, the world’s largest tobacco producer and consumer, estimated to contribute around 20 per cent of the global cost Researcher calls for immediate ban on cigarette butts, describing them as a ‘problematic and avoidable single-use plastic’ Plastic pollution from cigarette butts and packaging costs an estimated US$26 billion a year worldwide in terms of...
The World Health Organization (WHO), today, officially launches the "Stop the lies" campaign as a vital initiative to protect young people from the tobacco industry and their deadly products, by calling for an end to tobacco industry interference in health policy. This campaign is supported by new evidence from “The Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023”, published...
The 2023 Africa Tobacco Industry Interference Index was launched on Wednesday October 18, in a virtual event attended by tobacco control advocates, government officials, the media, and other stakeholders. The Index, produced by the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) in collaboration with the Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research and the Global...
The African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) in collaboration with the Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research and the Global Centre for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC), in the 2023 Africa Tobacco Industry Interference Index has called on African Governments to increase tobacco taxes to the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended...
Films are a preferred source of entertainment and learning for many, and audiences are often quick to mirror in their daily lives what they have seen on screen. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control which Nigeria ratified on October 20, 2005, requires parties to implement a comprehensive ban on Tobacco Advertising,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
