The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has slammed a fine of $110 million on British American Tobacco (BAT) Nigeria and affiliate companies for multiple violation of the FCCP Act and others. A statement by the management of the…
Stakeholders in Bauchi have advocated for tobacco control to regulate smoking and consumption of tobacco products in the state. They made the call at a dialogue on tobacco taxation organised by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC) on Thursday…
Some economists and industrialists have faulted the proposed 20 per cent excise on carbonated and non-alcoholic beverages, saying it would adversely affect Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) operators. Mr Segun Kuti-George, Former Chairman, Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists…
Several cigarette and snuff sellers have opined that manufacturers of tobacco products should be liable for increasing health risks associated with the consumption of their products. They stopped short of calling for a ban on the sales or manufacturing of…
Tobacco related illnesses kill more than 15,000 people annually in Cambodia, World Health Organisation (WHO) representative to Cambodia, Li Ailan, said on Wednesday. Ailan said the harmful impact of the tobacco industry on the environment is vast and growing. She…
Researchers from the Centre for the Study of the Economies of African (CSEA) say 23,838 deaths and other attributable diseases from smoking will be reduced if the tax on tobacco cigarettes is raised by 50 per cent. The researchers who…
