In the 1950s, if you asked a smoker why he or she smoked, they would not have replied, “because I am hopelessly addicted.” More likely, they would have told you about the pleasure they experienced from smoking. Today, we know something they did not. Smoking kills. Worldwide, 1.1 billion people smoke, causing more than 7 million deaths each year. […]
What does the substantial decline in cigarette sales mean for tobacco farmers? Worldwide, smokers are shifting to vaping, h-n-b, snus and other safer nicotine products. Safer alternatives are causing a reduction in demand for tobacco. Several Africa countries rely heavily on tobacco farming. Five countries in Africa are among the top 20 producers of tobacco […]
Major obstacles to tobacco harm reduction exist in high-income, “western” countries from the United States to Australia. Yet it’s vital to remember that of the world’s 1.1 billion smokers, who suffer 7 million annual smoking-related deaths, around 80 percent live in low- or middle-income countries where challenges are very different. To take one key continent, Africa has some of the […]
(Reuters) – British American Tobacco’s (BAT) (BATS.L) proposed takeover of e-cigarette maker Twisp won approval from South Africa’s Competition Tribunal on Tuesday after the UK-based group agreed to a series of conditions. The local unit of BAT, the world’s second-largest tobacco company by sales, announced the deal in 2017 as part of its efforts to […]
Introduction: @GoingSmokefree – Welcome to our twitter chat as we host @THRNigeria. Kindly use the hashtag #SaferAlternatives to join the conversation. Question: @GoingSmokefree – @THRNigeria Thank you for taking time to engage us today. In a nutshell, kindly tell us what THR Nigeria is all about? #SaferAlternatives Response: @THRNigeria – Thank you @GoingSmokefree for this […]