Tobacco control
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
Smoking Paradise Japan Tries To Kick the Habit
Japan is moving to pass its strictest-ever smoking laws, but the country's powerful tobacco lobby wants to stub out...
Shanghai Expands Public Smoking Ban
Shanghai widened its ban on public smoking Wednesday as China's biggest city steps up efforts to stub out the massive...
Tobacco Kills Six Million People Die Annually
Currently, around six million people die annually as a result of tobacco use, with most living in developing countries,...
Tobacco Kills Six Million People Annually – WHO Report
About six million people die annually as a result of tobacco use, with most living in developing countries, a joint...
Burning the Bridges of Lies Tobacco and Fossil Fuel Industry Built
He smoked cigarettes and coughed a lot, leaning against the walls of a street in a cold morning. As I became more...
Parliament To Adopt Regulations On Tobacco Measures
Health regulations to save the lives of present and future generations from the scourge of tobacco use have still not...
Climate Change To Copy Tobacco Control Tactics
Just like climate change, tobacco kills many people every year. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) of...