Durban – Health Minister Joe Phaahla said the new tobacco bill was an important step towards improving the health of South Africans. Phaahla was responding to questions posed to him regarding his stance on the newly amended tobacco bill, which is in the process of being passed.
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We humans are notoriously bad at estimating risk. Most people fear flying far more than driving, even though the odds of dying in a car accident (1 in 107 in the US, for example) are far higher than perishing in an aircraft crash (about 1 in 11 million).
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Nearly 57 percent of voters and 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons approve the tightening of the country’s notoriously lax tobacco laws.
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The Swiss will vote Sunday on whether to tighten their notoriously lax tobacco laws by banning virtually all advertising of the health-hazardous products.
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Dr Raouf Alebshehy is a public health consultant with a background in medicine and healthcare reform. He works as monitoring coordinator in Tobacco Tactics, part of the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath, which is research partner in the global tobacco industry watchdog STOP.
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Ukraine’s President on January 6 signed a sweeping new tobacco control law, 1978-IX that will save lives and protect millions of Ukrainians from the deadly harms of tobacco use. After nearly two years of deliberations, the law is a significant victory for the Ukrainian government and public health advocates.
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The Association for the Defense of Consumers' Rights (ADC) presented its report to CEFOD on Thursday entitled: “Index of interference from the tobacco industry in Chad”.
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The Association for the Defense of Consumer Rights (ADC) presented the report on the interference index of the tobacco industry in Chad on December 30, 2021 at CEFOD, in the presence of certain civil society associations and media bosses.
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Dr. Essam El-Maghazi, President of the Anti-Smoking, Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases Association, stressed that the Tobacco Control in Egypt 2019 report highlights the extent to which governments are able to resist the destructive moves of the tobacco industry, and how do governments address this impact?
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The Anti-Smoking, Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases Society in Cairo issued its annual report entitled "Indicator of Tobacco Companies Interventions in Egypt for the year 2020", in cooperation with technical and financial support from the World Health Organization office in Egypt.
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The Anti-Smoking, Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases Association in Cairo issues its annual report entitled "Indicator of Tobacco Companies Interventions in Egypt for the year 2020", in cooperation with technical and financial support from the World Health Organization office in Egypt.
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Dr. Naima Al-Qusair, the representative of the World Health Organization in Egypt, started her speech during the launch of the results of the report of the Tobacco Industry Intervention Index report in Egypt from January 2020 to March 2021, within the framework of the activities of the Egypt Observatory for Tobacco Control, which is responsible for the Association to Combat Smoking, Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases headed by Dr. Essam Maghazi.
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The interests of the tobacco industry are irreconcilable with those of health. The interference of these companies is a serious obstacle to the progress of tobacco control measures in countries, and for this reason, governments must protect public policies. As a way of evaluating this protection, the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC) annually coordinates the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index, a publication that gathers data from surveys carried out by non-governmental organizations.
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For the tobacco industry, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned out to be a golden opportunity to build influence. In dozens of countries, as virus cases and deaths mounted, tobacco companies dangled gifts and COVID-related donations while they lobbied for preferential treatment. And governments around the world took the bait.
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19% of the 260 deaths from cancer that the country registered in 2019 were related to tobacco use, as well as 800 deaths from chronic lung diseases.
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BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 3 2021 (IPS) - Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries in the developing world continue to grapple with basic issues such as securing sufficient vaccines and providing essential medical care for their sick. Many economies are in recovery mode as governments scramble to resuscitate them with recovery packages and build back better plans.
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A new report has outlined the extent to which tobacco companies used the COVID-19 pandemic to engage with relief efforts, form relationships with government figures, and attempt to influence policy. The Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021 is produced by the Global Centre for Good Governance in Tobacco Control, a partner of STOP, a tobacco industry watchdog. Notably, at least ten countries designated tobacco products as essential goods during the pandemic. Guatemala, Tanzania, and Zambia delayed introducing or implementing tobacco control legislation. Argentina and the Dominican Republic reduced tobacco taxes. South Korea's Ministry of Gender, Equality and Family awarded the country's largest cigarette firm the “Prime Minister Prize for ‘Family-friendly Company’”.
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A civil society report 2021 on tobacco industry interference index, which reviews the country’s response to protecting health measures from commercial and other vested interest, has revealed that Zambia has performed poorly.
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Tobacco Free Association of Zambia says it is deeply concerned with the interaction and commitments made by government towards the growth of the tobacco industry.
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Bangladesh scored 72 out of 100 in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021 -- a four-point downgrade from the previous year's performance in measuring the tobacco industry's influence.
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