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Health experts condemn barriers to safer nicotine

The Kenya-based Campaign for Safer Alternatives (CASA) has joined leading international scientists and public health experts in condemning attempts to block smokers getting new nicotine products that...

Report identifies increase in tobacco control policies in last decade

The World Health Organisation (WHO) latest “WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic” published on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 finds that more countries have implemented tobacco...

These tobacco loud mouths and the rest of us

There is a general perception, and rightly so, that tobacco companies are economical when it comes to disclosing facts about the nature of their...

Group alerts on ‘suspicious’ amendment of tobacco bill

Akinbode Oluwafemi, deputy director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), alerted media executives in Abuja on Thursday, May 4, 2017 on alleged...

How tobacco factory workers can get justice

There was upheaval in September 2002 when tens of Nigerian factory workers died in a fire accident that swept through the factory wing of...

Video: WHO urges nations to discourage smoking

The World Health Organisation is calling on countries to "Get Ready for plain Packaging" of tobacco products to discourage more people from smoking. Meanwhile, tobacco...

Banning smoking in public in Lagos

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State last week signed a bill banning smoking in public places in the state into law. By implication, nobody...

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How warning labels can save Nigerians from toxic diets

Imagine walking through a busy Nigerian market, where brightly coloured food packages compete for your attention. From small shops...
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Environmental activist crowned Queen, Ambassador of Climate in Kaduna

Environmental and climate change advocate, Gloria Kasang Bulus, has been officially crowned Sarauniyar Sauyin Yanayi Chikun (Queen of Climate)...

Africa Climate Summit: PACJA underscores need for just transition rooted in equity, justice

The Executive Director, Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), Dr Mithika Mwenda, has emphasised the importance of a just...

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