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Background
Cigarette smuggling is a major public health issue, stimulating increased tobacco consumption and undermining tobacco control measures. China is the ultimate prize among tobacco’s emerging markets, and is also believed to have the world’s largest cigarette smuggling problem. Previous work has demonstrated the complicity of British American Tobacco (BAT) in this illicit trade within Asia [...]
Despite the recent good news that cancer incidence and death rates for men and women in the United States continue to decline, cancer is projected to become the leading cause of death worldwide in the year 2010, and low- and middle-income countries will feel the impact of higher cancer incidence and death rates more sharply [...]
At a press conference held at the American Cancer Society Center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, leaders from the American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and the Lance Armstrong Foundation announced they will team up with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the National Cancer Institute of Mexico to focus [...]
November 18 2008 at 07:17AM
Smokers will soon be confronted with grim pictures of people with cancer and rotten teeth when they buy their cigarettes, according to Health Minister Barbara Hogan.
Opening the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) meeting on tobacco control in Durban on Monday, Hogan praised the National Council of Provinces for passing a bill last [...]
South Africa’s tough anti-smoking legislation will not be relaxed for the 2010 soccer World Cup. Instead, the health department is working to ensure that the world’s biggest sporting event is smoke-free.
Health Director-General Thami Mseleku confirmed on Monday that the department was negotiating with Fifa’s local organising committee to get its approval to ensure that soccer [...]
Countries represented at the World Health Organisation (WHO) tobacco-control treaty conference in Durban last week set new guidelines to try to stop tobacco firms influencing health policy.
This came just days after Parliament passed SA’s Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill, prompting calls from antitobacco campaigners for the government to start work on new amendments to bring [...]
On 22 Nov 2008, 160 countries agreed on strong new guidelines to block tobacco industry interference in global health policies and the implementation of the global tobacco treaty.
Since it took effect in 2005, implementation of the global tobacco treaty, formally known as the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), has been systematically obstructed by Big [...]
For the past 25 years, Dr Mackay has been pushing for changes in countries where smoking is regarded as a lifestyle choice rather than a health hazard. And in recognition of those efforts, she will be made an OBE by Queen Elizabeth in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace today.
In her official capacity, she is the [...]
The WHO in its 2004 report says: “Tobacco control, rather than being a luxury that only rich nations can afford, is now a necessity that all countries must address”
Faced with this global threat, international leaders in cancer and tobacco control announced on 16 November in Durban, South Africa the launch of an unprecedented multinational effort [...]
Some advocacy groups calling for a total ban on tobacco ads and sponsorship plan to rally community support to win the “unequal battle” against the government-backed giant cigarette industry.
The groups, which formed the Total Ban Alliance recently, said Saturday a wider base of public support was necessary as the government’s lackluster policy against tobacco had [...]
I thought I couldn’t afford to take her out and smoke as well. So I gave up cigarettes. Then I took her out and one day I looked at her and thought: “Oh well,” and I went back to smoking again, and that was better.
— Benny Hill
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