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See Health Risks Associated With Popular Hookah

Rwanda Bans Shisha – The government of Rwanda has banned smoking of water-pipe tobacco, popularly known as...

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Tobacco Shares Nosedive On FDA Regulation Warning

Major tobacco producers saw their share prices tumble on Friday after US health officials said they would explore ways...

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British American Tobacco Wins Brexit Sales Boost

British American Tobacco, fresh from its takeover of US peer Reynolds, reported on Thursday sliding first-half net...

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Health Experts Declare Extra Measures Against Abuse of Tobacco

Health experts and stakeholder organizations have declared a seven-point of action to be taken by government on tobacco...

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Rights Group Slams ‘absurd’ Ramadan Penalty In Tunisia

Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday dismissed as "absurd" the jailing in Tunisia of people who fail to...

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Ministry of Health Outdoors Legislative Instrument On Tobacco Control

A legislative Instrument (LI) to control the use of Tobacco in Ghana, has been launched by the Ministry of Health and...

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FDA Officers Schooled On Tobacco Control Regulation 2016 L.I.2247

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has organised a day’s training workshop in Accra for its regional officers and...

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Light Cigarettes Linked To Specific Form of Lung Cancer

So-called "light" cigarettes with holes in the filter could be the reason why a specific kind of lung cancer has been...

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Philippine Leader Imposes Strict Ban On Smoking

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order that will impose a wide-ranging ban on smoking in...

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Tema Boys Chewing Rabbit Grass To Enlarge Their Manhood

Some youth in Tema Manhean have resorted to the chewing of ‘rabbit grass’ to enlarge their manhood in a bid to...

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I Would Legalize Wee If I Were President – A Plus

Ghanaian musician A Plus has made an utterly bizarre remark between these well-connected words; ‘wee’ (Indian...

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‘Sky Girls’ Empowerment Initiative Launched

SKY Girls’, is a movement by girls, for girls designed to strip the aspiration out of smoking and contribute to a...

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MzVee, Adomaa & Yaa Yaa For SKY Girls Launch Party On April 29

MzVee, Adomaa and Yaa Yaa will perform at the SKY Girls launch party on April 29 at the Aviation Social Centre. The...

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Israelis Hold Mass Pot Protest By Parliament

Hundreds of Israelis gathered on a grassy hill overlooking parliament on Thursday to smoke marijuana in an act of...

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Smoking To Kill 200 Million In China This Century

Smoking-related diseases will claim 200 million lives in China this century and plunge tens of millions into poverty, a...

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Smoking Causes One In 10 Deaths Worldwide, New Study Shows

Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, a new study shows, half of them in just four countries – China, India, the...

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Smoking Causes One In 10 Deaths Worldwide, Study Shows

Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, a new study shows, half of them in just four countries - China, India, the...

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I Never Collapsed After Smoking – Maame Dokono

Veteran actress Grace Omaboe, popularly known as Maame Dokono, has denied rumors that she collapsed and was...

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Treaty Slows Global Tobacco Use By 2.5%

Tobacco use fell by 2.5 percent worldwide a decade after the first global health treaty went into effect, World Health...