Nigeria slips in 2023 tobacco industry interference rating
A new report on the state of tobacco industry interference in Nigeria has revealed a marked increase in the industry’s meddling in public health policies, in particular tobacco control measures.
Tobacco industry interfering in FG policies— Report
The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance, NTCA, and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, have launched the 2020 tobacco industry interference index report for Nigeria.
Taking the tobacco war to films and music
By Oluwarotimi Adebayo The war on tobacco must be total. It must be waged on all fronts and with the same precision that the tobacco industry deploys to addict our youths to tobacco and circumvent tobacco control policies. All true stakeholders must be involved in blocking loopholes that the industry exploits to carry on business […]
Tobacco control campaign during a pandemic—lessons and opportunities
By Hilda Ochefu The current pandemic (COVID-19) slowly sneaked into the world through Wuhan, China, late 2019 and then took us all by surprise. In January 2020, governments, corporations and organisations were very busy developing their strategies and fine-tuning what the year was going to look like and in their optimist predictions, never imagined that […]
COVID-19: For the tobacco industry, it’s all about profit
By Bernadette Chime In times of crisis, some corporations profit while others break. For the tobacco industry, the COVID-19 pandemic which has shut down many nations and crippled the global economy seems “a make or break opportunity”. In the last four months the industry has tried hard to brush aside the blame for the deaths […]
FG begins implementation of tax increment on tobacco products
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Federal Government has commenced the implementation of increment on tobacco products. The Research Associate of Centre for the Study of Economies of Africa, Mma Amara Ekeruche disclosed at a media briefing organized by the Environmental Rights Action /Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN in Abuja. Ekeruche said that the increment of […]
