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Kenya, Uganda rank top globally in enacting tobacco control measures

10 November 202110 November 2021

UGANDA – Kenya and Uganda are among the top 10 countries worldwide that implemented tobacco control measures in 2021 as industry players took advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to gain…

Anti-Tobacco campaigners seek enhanced regulations to curb risk of non-communicable diseases

4 November 20214 November 2021

AFRICA – The manufacturing, sale and consumption of tobacco products in Africa should be regulated in order to limit threats to public health and safety, campaigners have said. Leonce Sessou,…

Efforts to reduce tobacco harm in Africa up appear futile due to inadequate policies

22 June 202122 June 2021

AFRICA – Lack of support, inadequate policies and misinformation have been identified as some of the obstacles standing in the way of the reduction of tobacco harm in Africa as…

FDA rolls out a tobacco quitting campaign dubbed “Commit to Quit”

3 June 20214 June 2021

GHANA – The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has launched a year-long campaign dubbed: “Commit to Quit,” aimed at supporting tobacco smokers to abandon smoking as it poses enormous health…