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This page is a compilation of articles on tobacco control and related issues published in the local, regional and international press. It includes the past articles which appeared under “LATEST NEWS” on the homepage of this website.
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June 23, 2021: Nollywood: Stakeholders push to end smoking scene
Source: The Nation, Nigeria
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June 22, 2021: China’s State Tobacco Company is massive at home. Now it’s ready to take over the world.
Source: OCCRP – Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
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June 21, 2021: New WHO report shows how manufacturers attempt to avoid regulation of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products
Source: WHO – Regional Office for Europe
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June 18, 2021: Health Canada announces new restrictions to prevent youth vaping
Source: Cision Canada
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June 18, 2021: WHO says 146,000 Africans die yearly from tobacco-related diseases
Source: WHO
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June 11, 2021: Child labour in the tobacco industry
Source: University of Bath
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June 04, 2021: Researchers report how the tobacco and e-cigarette industry capitalized on COVID-19 to promote smoking
Source: News Medical
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May 31, 2021: New Tobacco Cessation Clinic inaugurated in Black River, Mauritius
Source: Government Information Service, Republic of Mauritius
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May 24, 2021: New Tobacco Legislations aim to decrease use of tobacco products in Mauritius
Source: Government Information Service, Republic of Mauritius
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April 30, 2021: FDA moves to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
Source: CNN Health
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April 1, 2021: Illicit cigarette trade.
Source: International The News, Pakistan
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March 31, 2021: Health ministry asked to reject return of nicotine pouch Lyft to Kenyan market
Source: The Star, Kenya
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March 30, 2021: Cancer Society petitions for ‘significant reduction’ in tobacco retailers
Source: News1, New Zealand
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March, 2021: Potential Effects of a Ban on the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products in California
Source: :Tobacconomics Research Program, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois
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March 30, 2021: Government explores next steps to clean up tobacco litter in England
Source: Gov.Uk
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March 30, 2021: Smoking and lung cancer: What to know and how to stop
Source: Medical News Today
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March 28, 2021: Did The Pandemic Slow Down The Fight Against Smoking?
Source: Outlook, India
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March 26, 2021: Research Supports Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
Source: Columbia University
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March 26, 2021: Local health researchers urge government to regulate vaping
Source: IOL, South Africa
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March 25, 2021: Tobacco Control is Key to Eliminate TB by 2025
Source: The Times of India
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March 24, 2021: Tobacco smoke-exposed children more often use emergent health services
Source: News Medical Life Sciences
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March 23, 2021: OPINION | The tobacco control bill: Defending human rights
Source: News 24, South Africa
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March 23, 2021: The risks and benefits of quitting ‘cold turkey’
Source: Medical News Today
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March 18, 2021: Big Tobacco ploughing crooked furrow in African markets
Source: Africa Times
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March 16, 2021: Improving child health and development through tobacco control
Source: Imperial College, London
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March 16, 2021: New brief outlines devastating harms from tobacco use and exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke during pregnancy and throughout childhood – Report calls for protective policies
Source: World Health Organisation
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March 8, 2021: Women and the Tobacco Industry
Source: STOP. A Global Tobacco Industry Watchdog
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March 6, 2021: The Secretariat of the WHO FCTC launches report on good practices to combat tobacco smuggling in free zones
Source: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
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March 8, 2021: Cigarette ban was ‘successful’, drop in lung disease visits at WC hospital
Source:Herald LIVE, South Africa
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March 6, 2021: The Secretariat of the WHO FCTC launches report on good practices to combat tobacco smuggling in free zones
Source: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
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March 4, 2021: Smoking controls in Singapore over the years
Source:The Straits Times
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March 2, 2021: Tobacco killed 500,000 Americans in 2020 – is it time to control cigarette-makers?
Source: The Conversation
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March 1, 2021: Scientists slam claim that heated tobacco products are less harmful
Source: IOL, South Africa
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February 28, 2021: Calls for BATSA to be probed for alleged complicity in African cigarette smuggling and terror funding
Source: News24, South Africa
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February 24, 2021: New Report Details Tobacco Industry’s Predatory Marketing of Menthol Cigarettes to Black Americans and the Devastating Health Impact
Source:Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
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February 24, 2021: How British American Tobacco sells nicotine to young people
Source: Campaign, UK
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February 23, 2021: Analysis of Active and Passive Tobacco Exposures and Blood Pressure in US Children and Adolescents
Source: JAMA Network
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February 23, 2021: Market impact of the COVID-19 national cigarette sales ban in South Africa
Source:National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (CRAM)
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February 19, 2021: Self-reported exposure of Indonesian adolescents to online and offline tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS)
Source: British Medical Journal
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February 17, 2021: Area under tobacco cultivation in Africa rose over 3% in 6 years: WHO report
Source: DownToEarth
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February 15, 2021: 80 per cent people believe use of cigarettes, bidis is a very serious problem, says survey
Source: The Economic Times
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February 14, 2021: CT scan catches 70% of lung cancers at early stage, NHS study finds
Source: The Guardian
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February, 2021: Getting back on track. Delivering a smokefree start for every child
Source: Action on Smoking or Health (ASH)
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February 12, 2021: Tobacco retail licencing systems in Europe
Source: British Medical Journal
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February 12, 2021: New WHO report reveals urgency of confronting tobacco use among women
Source: World Health Organisation, Regional Office for Europe
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February 10, 2021: SATTA calls for probe into SA business links with Zimbabwe tobacco cartels
Source: Polity, South Africa
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February 3, 2021: Many countries regulate e-cigarettes. South Africa should too
Source: The Conversation, South Africa
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January 26, 2021: Commission envisages tobacco-free Europe by 2040 in leaked cancer plan
Source: EURACTIV
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January 27, 2021: Letter to President Biden, smoke-free casino advocates raise concerns about smoking indoors
Source: Americans for Non-Smokers Rights
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January 20, 2021: Monitoring and Exposing Tobacco Industry Interference in U.S. Public Policy
Source: British Medical Journal
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January 15, 2021: Next Generation Products: British American Tobacco
Source: Tobacco Tactics, University of Bath
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January 6, 2021: India’s Proposed Changes to Anti-Smoking Law Face Objections From Tobacco Industry
Source: US News
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December 24, 2021: One of the few health benefits of the Covid-19 crisis has been revealed
Source: ChronicleLive
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December 27, 2021: Sri Lanka’s tobacco-smoking challenge: Going the last mile
Source: Sunday Observer
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December 24, 2021: One of the few health benefits of the Covid-19 crisis has been revealed
Source: ChronicleLive
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December 24, 2021: Young adults who vape cannabis are more likely to experience cough, bronchitis and wheezing, study finds
Source: CNNhealth
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December 22, 2021: E-Cigarettes, as Consumer Products, Do Not Help People Quit Smoking, Study Finds
Source: University of California, San Francisco
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December 21, 2021: Malawi farmers’ lawsuit says child labor fuels tobacco profits
Source: AfricaTimes
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December 20, 2021: Spinning a new tobacco industry: How Big Tobacco is trying to sell a do-gooder image and what Americans think about it
Source: Truth Initiative
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December 14, 2021: Tobacco and COVID-19: Understanding the science and policy implications
Source: The National Center for Biotechnology Information
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December 2, 2021: : New WHO report reveals that while smoking continues to decline among European adolescents, the use of electronic cigarettes by young people is on the rise
Source: World Health Organisation, Regional Office for Europe
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November 1, 2021: : COVID-19 pandemic: an opportunity for tobacco use cessation
Source: The Lancet Public Health
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