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Tobacco control: A fight for public opinion

africa » south africa
Monday, November 24, 2008
The struggle to control tobacco has evolved into some kind of “fight for public opinion.” This is how an expert from Paraguay put it: “In order to...
tobacco, problems, consumers, products

Anti-smoking summit targets packaging

africa » south africa
http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=272945
Friday, November 21, 2008
HEALTH experts from across the world meeting in Durban this week are discussing proposals to strip tobacco manufacturers of one of their last...
packaging health, proposals, tobacco, packaging, attending, conference, generic, cigarette packs
Global alliance on tobacco con...

Global alliance on tobacco control gains momentum

africa » gambia
Friday, November 21, 2008
The International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa, is the host of hundreds of delegates from across the globe, converging for the third...
health, conference, session, tobacco, danger

Anti-Tobacco Alliance, “Waste of time, a recipe for avoidable suffering”

africa » gambia
Friday, September 19, 2008
Advocates from 22 countries around Africa recently concluded an anti-Tobacco conference in the Nigerian Capital of Abuja. The three-day conference,...
tobacco, alliance, anit, recipe, avoidale, suffering
The network on tobacco control

The network on tobacco control

africa » gambia
Friday, August 08, 2008
At the end of a three-day strategic planning workshop, the CSO – NGO network on tobacco control in The Gambia, a newly constituted front against the...
ngo, workshop, tobacco, conference, stakeholders, who
NGO-CSO Network on Tobacco Con...

NGO-CSO Network on Tobacco Control Meeting Kicks off in The Gambia

africa » gambia
Picture: Momodou Gassama
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The NGO-CSO Network on tobacco control in The Gambia is currently holding a three-day strategic planning workshop for its members at the President’s...
tobacco, control, meeting, ngo-cso, award

Let’s Stub Out Exploitation!

africa » gambia
Monday 30th June 2008 Issue
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
How frustrating it is to see big tobacco companies targeting Africa. It has been a growing trend in recent years and yet not enough is being done by...
stub, exploitation, frustrating, tobacco, companies, targeting
Tobacco – A Formidable Killer

Tobacco – A Formidable Killer

africa » gambia
The Point
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Only 5% of the world’s population is protected by national legislation on the prohibition of smoking. In four countries in ten, smoking is still even...
tobacco, killer, smoking, products, who, dangers, researchers, habits, smokers

Cancer: A major health problem in Africa - Dr Sambo

africa » gambia
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Dr Luis Gomez Sambo, World Health Organisation’s Regional Director for Africa has said that cancer represents a major public health problem in...
who, cdcp, preventable, health, cancer, smoking, tobacco, africa, 700 million, polluted, human body
NIGERIA: Govt hits tobacco com...

NIGERIA: Govt hits tobacco companies with whopping law suit

africa » nigeria » lagos
IRIN
Sunday, November 11, 2007
The Nigerian federal government filed a suit in the High Court of Abuja on Tuesday against tobacco companies British-American Tobacco, Philip Morris...
regional, tobacco, cigarettes, lawsuit, philip morris
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