A multinational effort to promote aggressive tobacco control measures across sub-Saharan Africa was announced Wednesday. The Africa Tobacco Control Regional Initiative is aimed at promoting the adoption, implementation and enforcement of tobacco control policies, legislation and programs, a statement said.
Government officials in major towns across Kenya are officially declaring their municipalities to be Smokefree. Following enforcement trainings organized by the Institute for Legislative Affairs (ILA), in collaboration with the Kenyan Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, officials in three towns have indeed committed to enforcing the Smokefree provisions of the Kenyan Tobacco Control Act 2007 (TCA). It is hoped that others will follow suit shortly.
The National Council Against Smoking (NCAS) has urged finance minister Pravin Gordhan to review tobacco tax rates in South Africa. Gordhan announced that cigarette tax would increase by R1,24 per pack.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - One hundred sixty nations, many of them in the developing world, have vowed to stand up to the tobacco industry and its efforts to water down antitobacco laws.
International leaders in cancer and tobacco control have announced the launch of an unprecedented multinational effort to promote more aggressive tobacco control measures across sub-Saharan Africa.
