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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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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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‘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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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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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...

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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...

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10 Tips To Help You Quit Smoking

Smoking is injurious to health! We all know it, but still many people are addicted to smoking and no single day begins...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

International

British American Tobacco Plans $47bn Reynolds Merger

British American Tobacco is planning to merge with its US partner Reynolds in a deal valued at $47bn (£38bn). BAT...

Opinion

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...