E-cigarettes should be available on prescription, according to Public Health England (PHE). The agency wants them to be prescribed on the NHS within the next few years because of how successful they have been in helping people give up smoking. An independent review of the latest evidence, published by PHE, suggests at least 20,000 people … Read more
Rwanda Bans Shisha – The government of Rwanda has banned smoking of water-pipe tobacco, popularly known as shisha. In a public notice dated, 14/12/2017, the government also censored advertisements, as well as merchandising of the substance. See Also: 10 Countries Where Use Of Marijuana Is Legal This makes Rwanda the second country in Africa to ban shisha … Read more
Major tobacco producers saw their share prices tumble on Friday after US health officials said they would explore ways to cut nicotine levels in cigarettes. Shares in Altria, which markets brands such as Marlboro and Chesterfield, were down more than 10 percent in New York in afternoon trading, recovering somewhat from a 19 percent plunge … Read more
British American Tobacco, fresh from its takeover of US peer Reynolds, reported on Thursday sliding first-half net profits, but sales jumped on the back of the Brexit-hit pound. Profit after tax slid 15 percent to £2.3 billion ($3.0 billion, 2.6 billion euros) in the six months to June 30 from a year earlier, the maker … Read more
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has organised a day’s training workshop in Accra for its regional officers and law enforcement agencies to update their knowledge on the implementation of tobacco control regulation 2016 L. I.2247. The Legislative Instrument (L.I 2247) embedded in part six of the Public Health Act, 2012, (Act 851), empowers the … Read more
So-called “light” cigarettes with holes in the filter could be the reason why a specific kind of lung cancer has been on the rise in recent decades, researchers said Monday. Adenocarcinoma is the most common form of lung cancer and occurs deep in the lungs. While other kinds of lung cancer have declined along with … Read more
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order that will impose a wide-ranging ban on smoking in public, reinforcing some of the toughest anti-tobacco measures in Asia. Smoking and selling cigarettes will be banned in all enclosed public places, as well as within 100 metres (330 feet) of schools, parks and other areas where … Read more
Some youth in Tema Manhean have resorted to the chewing of ‘rabbit grass’ to enlarge their manhood in a bid to engage in “satisfactory” pre-marital sex. The Ghana News Agency gathered that the young boys wash and chew the root of the grass popular known as “juice” which is said to be given to rabbits … Read more
MzVee, Adomaa and Yaa Yaa will perform at the SKY Girls launch party on April 29 at the Aviation Social Centre. The artistes are fronting a campaign to help fight smoking amongst teenage girls. First launched in Bostwana, SKY Girls seeks to promote its smoke-free message in the context of what interests girls at the age where fashion, … Read more
Veteran actress Grace Omaboe, popularly known as Maame Dokono, has denied rumors that she collapsed and was hospitalized after smoking cigarette. The incident is reported to have happened while she was on set of an upcoming movie dubbed ‘John & John’ by Kofas Media. Maame Dokono has been in the news for being hospitalized at … Read more
Tobacco use fell by 2.5 percent worldwide a decade after the first global health treaty went into effect, World Health Organization researchers said Wednesday. Smoking rates declined most sharply when countries implemented several of the measures called for in the 2005 pact, and rose in some nations that failed to do so, suggesting anti-tobacco policies … Read more
Smoking is injurious to health! We all know it, but still many people are addicted to smoking and no single day begins or ends without a cigarette. But every time you light one up, you are increasing your risk of lung, bladder, pancreatic, mouth, esophageal and other cancers. Smoking also increases your risk of heart … Read more
Shanghai widened its ban on public smoking Wednesday as China’s biggest city steps up efforts to stub out the massive health threat despite conflicts of interest with the state-owned tobacco industry. Nearly a quarter of adults in the commercial hub of 24 million people are smokers, according to the state-run People´s Daily newspaper, citing data … Read more
Currently, around six million people die annually as a result of tobacco use, with most living in developing countries, a joint report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the National Cancer Institute of the United States of America has said. The report made available to the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday by Tarik Jašarević, … Read more
Health regulations to save the lives of present and future generations from the scourge of tobacco use have still not been adopted by Parliament since four years now. This is affecting the implementation of Part six of the Public Health Act, 2012 (ACT 851) – Tobacco Control Measures, which was passed by Parliament to ban … Read more
A study published in the September edition of the Lancet Global Health Journal shows that the Africa Region, has the lowest tobacco use in pregnant women in the world. Southeast Asia has the highest regional prevalence of tobacco use. The study which is the largest to provide contemporary evidence on tobacco use during pregnancy using … Read more