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
Health experts and stakeholder organizations have declared a seven-point of action to be taken by government on tobacco control, the reduction of its usage and its effect on non-communicable diseases and premature deaths. The actions place emphasis on the promotion of partnerships, building of capacities of different stakeholders to advocate, support and monitor progress on … Read more
Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday dismissed as “absurd” the jailing in Tunisia of people who fail to observe the Ramadan fast. There is no law against eating or drinking in public during Ramadan, but every year the issue comes to the fore in the North African country. On Monday, a court sentenced to one … Read more
A legislative Instrument (LI) to control the use of Tobacco in Ghana, has been launched by the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service at a ceremony to commemorate the 2017 World No-Tobacco Day in Accra. The LI 2247, which was enacted in January, would now provide the legal backing for the regulation and … 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
Ghanaian musician A Plus has made an utterly bizarre remark between these well-connected words; ‘wee’ (Indian hemp), smoking and his ‘presidential dream’. Well, the loudmouthed musician has revealed that if he became the president of this country or had the power, he would either ban cigarette and wee or legalize both. “If I become president … Read more
SKY Girls’, is a movement by girls, for girls designed to strip the aspiration out of smoking and contribute to a confident and resilient generation of young women. This behaviour change programme, will be officially launched with a massive SKY Girls Launch Party on April 29th 2017 at the Aviation Social Centre in Accra, starting … 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
Hundreds of Israelis gathered on a grassy hill overlooking parliament on Thursday to smoke marijuana in an act of communal defiance of current laws. Sitting in small groups on mats shaded by trees in the Rose Garden just across from the Knesset, participants lit up as the clock struck 4:20 pm for the local version … Read more
Smoking-related diseases will claim 200 million lives in China this century and plunge tens of millions into poverty, a report said Friday. China is the world’s largest consumer and producer of tobacco, and the industry provides the government with colossal sums. In 2015, it recorded 1.1 trillion yuan ($160 billion) in profits, up 20 percent … Read more
Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, a new study shows, half of them in just four countries – China, India, the US and Russia. Despite decades of tobacco control policies, population growth has seen an increased number of smokers, it warned. Researchers said mortality could rise further as tobacco companies aggressively targeted new markets, … Read more
Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, a new study shows, half of them in just four countries – China, India, the US and Russia. Despite decades of tobacco control policies, population growth has seen an increased number of smokers, it warned. Researchers said mortality could rise further as tobacco companies aggressively targeted new markets, … 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