Tag:tobacco industry

Health

CAPPA wants Lagos to terminate partnerships with tobacco industry

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged Governor Babajide Sanwo Olu of Lagos State to stop the partnership between different ministries...

Michael Simire - July 22, 2023

Health

New report details tobacco industry’s inroads into Nigeria’s virtual space

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) on Monday, June 20, 2022, released a report detailing how the tobacco industry is creatively using...

Michael Simire - June 20, 2022

Sustainable Devpt

WHO raises alarm on tobacco industry environmental impact

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in commemoration of the World No Tobacco Day revealed new information on the extent...

Michael Simire - May 31, 2022

Health

Tobacco industry index reinforces need to checkmate trade influence

The Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021 Report released by the Global Centre for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC) reinforces Corporate Accountability and...

Michael Simire - November 8, 2021

Health

CAPPA alerts on tobacco industry interference in Nigerian govt policies

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has advised the Nigerian government to de-normalize so-called socially responsible activities of the tobacco industry and...

Michael Simire - October 28, 2021