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'.
The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) is much concerned about the continuous existence of tobacco industry interference in public health policies in Ghana. It is no doubt that the industry uses diverse tactics to influence policies in their favor putting the lives of people in danger. Unfortunately, most countries including Ghana have not fully dealt with and handled these interferences swiftly to protect the lives of the citizenry despite being a signatory on the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in 2004.
The WHO tobacco control agreement came into force 15 years ago. A report from various organizations, which tagesschau.de had received in advance, gave Germany poor marks on the implementation.
The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) is much concerned about the continuous existence of tobacco industry interference in public health policies in Ghana. It is no doubt that the industry uses diverse tactics to influence policies in their favour putting the lives people in danger.
PARIS — The global tobacco industry has aggressively lobbied governments during the COVID-19 pandemic to expand markets and blunt measures designed to curb their business, a report from watchdog groups aligned with the World Health Organization claimed on Tuesday.
A ranking of 57 countries based on their willingness to keep Big Tobacco at bay puts Japan and Indonesia at the bottom of the list, with Romania, China and Lebanon among the 10 worst offenders.
The global tobacco industry has aggressively lobbied governments during the Covid-19 pandemic to expand markets and blunt measures designed to curb their business, a report from watchdog groups aligned with the World Health Organization claimed on Tuesday.
A ranking of 57 countries based on their willingness to keep Big Tobacco at bay puts Japan and Indonesia at the bottom of the list, with Romania, China and Lebanon among the 10 worst offenders.
Two global reports have linked big brands to exploitative practices in the food and tobacco industries, preying on the most vulnerable to the Covid-19 pandemic.
This as the aftermath of the international health crisis has led to a spike in deaths linked to non-communicable diseases, including diabetes and obesity.
Tobacco manufacturers have been fingered for using the COVID-19 pandemic to weaken regulations limiting tobacco use.
This is according to a new report by STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog that analysed and ranked tobacco industries interference in 57 countries.
For the first time, Mexico left the list of corruption to delay laws against the harmful consumption of cigarettes, carried out by the Regional Interference Index of the Tobacco Industry for Latin America, however, it must still regulate the activities of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR ) in which they promote and market new nicotine products. https://www.milenio.com/politica/mexico-sale-lista-paises-corrompidos-industria-tabacalera
Nicola Sturgeon has announced that 11 council areas, including Glasgow, will go into her highest tier of restrictions from Friday, the equivalent of almost full lockdown apart from schools staying open
Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) is calling on the government to as a matter of urgency increase taxation for Tobacco, alcohol, as well as Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) companies to trigger the increase in prices of the commodities to deter its use.
Georgia is a leader in countries where the government has the power to influence the tobacco industry, according to a report released by the Tobacco Control Alliance.
Georgia is a leader in countries where the government has the power to influence the tobacco industry. Japan is in the first place. The government owns a significant stake in the Japanese Tobacco Company, followed by the Kingdom of Jordan and Georgia.
Georgia is a leader in countries where the government has the right to influence the tobacco industry, - the "Tobacco Control Alliance" reports. According to them, Japan is in the first place and the government has a significant stake in the Japanese tobacco company.
საქართველო ლიდერობს ქვეყნებში, სადაც მთავრობა თამბაქოს ინდუსტრიას ზეგავლენის უფლებას აძლევს, - ინფორმაციას თამბაქოს კონრეოლის ალიანსი ავრცელებს.
არასამთავრობო ორგანიზაციის მონაცემებით, პირველ ადგილზე იაპონიაა. „იაპონური თამბაქოს კომპანიაში“ მთავარობა მნიშვნელოვანი წილის მფლობელია; მეორე და მესამე ადგილებს კი იორდანიის სამეფო და საქართველო ინაწილებენ.
საქართველო ლიდერობს ქვეყნებში, სადაც მთავრობა თამბაქოს ინდუსტრიას ზეგავლენის უფლებას აძლევს. პირველ ადგილზე იაპონიაა. „იაპონური თამბაქოს კომპანიაში“ მთავრობა მნიშვნელოვანი წილის მფლობელია. მეორე და მესამე ადგილებს იორდანიის სამეფო და საქართველო ინაწილებენ.
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.
The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have raised the alarm that the tobacco industry was still interfering in Nigerian policies.
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.
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. The report of the survey forms part of the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index – a global survey of how public health policies are protected from the industry’s subversive efforts, and how governments have pushed back against this influence.
