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
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
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
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
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
Japan is moving to pass its strictest-ever smoking laws, but the country’s powerful tobacco lobby wants to stub out measures that were adopted years ago by other developed nations. The government is keen to change Japan’s image as a puffing paradise — smoking is still allowed in most bars, restaurants and cafes — as Tokyo … 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
About 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 revealed. The report released Wednesday by WHO Communications Officer, Tarik Jašarević said policies to control tobacco … Read more
He smoked cigarettes and coughed a lot, leaning against the walls of a street in a cold morning. As I became more concerned, as of my journalistic works, I cracked open my car door immediately inhaling an unfair share of his cigarette smoke blended with the permanent carbon taste of the roads. There and then, … 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
Just like climate change, tobacco kills many people every year. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is making sure that “the tobacco industry goes out of business”, as stated by Margaret Chan, its Director-General. However, unlike the FCTC, climate change’s UNFCCC had been sympathizing with the fossil fuel … Read more