Research and advocacy organisation PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) and the Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) have welcomed the government's approval of the 'Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025'.
Philip Morris Cyprus’ ambitious goal of making Cyprus the first smoking-free country in Europe, was presented by the company’s General Manager Stavros Drakoularakos at the opening of its new offices, at the Labs Tower in the heart of Nicosia, after only 2.5 years of presence in the Cypriot market. Referencing the company’s philosophy, “For every tomorrow we decide today”, Drakoularakos reiterated the commitment of the Philip Morris Cyprus team to accelerate efforts to achieve a cigarette-free Cyprus.
“Cyprus can lead the transition to a cigarette-free world and become the first European country to achieve this,” he said. “We have already made significant progress, with more than 55,000 Cypriots having made the transition to better alternatives to cigarettes.”
TEENAGERS who vape often could be at a higher risk of exposure to toxic metals, potentially harming brain or organ development, a study has suggested.
Sweet e-cigarette flavours could also pose additional risks, according to researchers. United States academics used responses from part of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study, which included American teenagers aged between 13 and 17.
As the prices of essential goods continue to soar in Bangladesh, low-income and limited-income individuals are being forced to compromise on daily nutritional needs.
However, the cost of harmful smoking habits has remained nearly unchanged, particularly due to the affordability of low-tier cigarettes. This has resulted in increased health risks for the poor.
Over the past five fiscal years, the price of low-tier cigarettes has only increased by Tk10, averaging an increase of Tk2 per year. Since the FY2019-20, there has been no price increase for these cigarettes, except for a Tk1 hike per stick in that year alone, read a press release.
LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plan to ban smoking for younger generations will not become law after he called a snap election leaving no time to push through one of his flagship policies.
"The smoking ban, of course, disappointed not to be able to get that through at the end of the session given the time available," Sunak told reporters on Friday.
Sunak had wanted to bring in some of the world's strictest anti-smoking rules by banning anyone aged 15 and under from ever buying cigarettes, but the bill to make that happen was left off the parliamentary agenda, leading to speculation it would be shelved.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog, are launching today “Hooking the next generation,” a report highlighting how the tobacco and nicotine industry designs products, implements marketing campaigns and works to shape policy environments to help them addict the world’s youth.
This comes just ahead of World No Tobacco Day marked on 31 May, where WHO is amplifying the voices of young people who are calling on governments to protect them from being targets of the tobacco and nicotine industry.
University of Jordan News (AJA) Heba Al-Kayed - Under the patronage of Her Highness Princess Dina Mired, the University of Jordan today hosted the launch of the fourth local report on the tobacco industry interference index in Jordan in the presence of the University President, Dr. Nazir Obaidat, representatives of civil society organizations who prepared the report, and a number of other representatives. The president and a group of college deans, faculty members, guests, interested parties, and students.
Northern Ireland Environment Minister Andrew Muir MLA has today announced his intention to prohibit the sale and supply of single use vapes by April 2025, bringing Northern Ireland in parallel with the rest of the UK.
The move recognises the strong support from the Northern Ireland public for a ban on single use vapes in response to the UK wide consultation on ‘Creating a Smokefree Generation and Tackling Youth Vaping’.
Islamabad : Pakistan has remained unsuccessful in minimising the influence of the multinational tobacco manufacturing companies which eventually resulted in over 160 deaths annually, revealed a global study.
The Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC), an international watchdog on tobacco control, in its latest finding of 2023 has included Pakistan in an index where the tobacco industry heavily influences the governments.
Progga (Knowledge for Progress), a research and advocacy organization as well as a member of Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance (STPA), has written a letter to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, urging the ministries to work together in banning cigarette filters and vaporizers to address plastic pollution.
MANILA, Philippines — An international civil society watchdog awarded the notorious “Dirty Ashtray” award to the Philippine delegation for its statements inclined to favor the tobacco industry and interpellations that obstructed the agenda of the 10th Conference of Parties (COP10) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).
Public health experts are calling on the government to be totally transparent on any past or present dealings its MPs have had with tobacco companies.
The coalition is set to repeal the previous government's smokefree legislation, which would have banned the sale of tobacco to anyone born from 1 January 2009, cut the number of retailers, and de-nicotinised cigarettes.
The government is vowing to still meet Smokefree 2025 targets, but reasons it gave for repealing the previous legislation included that it could lead to a rise in crime and a tobacco black market.
Israel ranks 30th out of 90 countries in the index of the strength of the buffer between the tobacco and nicotine industry and the government, after being ranked 12th in 2021 ■ Among the main factors for the deterioration - the growth of the electronic cigarette market ■ "The influence of the tobacco and nicotine companies in Israel on the policy makers is only getting stronger and stronger
The tobacco lobby apparently has an easy time of it in Germany. According to a recently published report by the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the influence of the tobacco industry on politics is alarming. In the current tobacco lobby index, Germany is falling further behind in an international comparison - and ends up in 70th place this year, far behind its European neighbors.
It is not something of the past: today tobacco companies still seek to interfere in political decisions to gain advantages, even though the harmful effects of smoking and nicotine are widely known. This is the conclusion of the Global Tobacco Index 2023, which also indicates how tobacco companies are seeking favorable legislation for alternative options to cigarettes, such as electronic cigarettes.
LONDON, United Kingdom - Global progress in policies to reduce tobacco use slowed for the first time in 12 years following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to analysis published on Wednesday by the Global Tobacco Control Progress Hub, which warned millions of people worldwide likely continued to smoke as a result.
The sale of three types of flavored cigarette products distributed by Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) has been stopped with immediate effect.
Accordingly, the sale of Dunhill Switch, Dunhill Double Capsule and John Player Gold Pro Cool cigarettes has been stopped.
This step has been taken since November 17.
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has frowned at what it called “the insidious interference of the tobacco industry in Nigeria’s pro-public health efforts.”
Speaking at the presentation of the ‘Nigeria Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023’, on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, in Lagos, the non-governmental organization accused government officials of undermining the National Tobacco Control Act (2015) and the National Tobacco Control Regulations (2019) by openly associating with the industry leaders and their programmes.
Durban — Crooked officials and non-governmental organisations are working in cahoots with the tobacco industry to snuff out efforts to clamp down on the illicit trade of tobacco.
This is according to the South Africa Tobacco Industry Interference Index Report, an annual review of how governments protect public health policies from tobacco industry influence, released this week.
The World Health Organization (WHO), today, officially launches the "Stop the lies" campaign as a vital initiative to protect young people from the tobacco industry and their deadly products, by calling for an end to tobacco industry interference in health policy.
This campaign is supported by new evidence from “The Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023”, published by STOP and the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control, which shows that efforts to protect health policy from increased tobacco industry interference have deteriorated around the world.
Kenya is among 43 countries where tobacco manufacturers are interfering in tobacco control policies, a report indicates.
Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023, which ranks 90 countries, reveals tobacco industry tactics used to interfere with tobacco control legislations, including promoting electronic tobacco products and hiding environmental damage.
