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Ghana:
Hazards of Second-Hand Smoke - VALD and CTCB Petition Parliament
Accra Mail, 23 May 2012
Every year second-hand smoke causes over 600,000 premature deaths and many people, especially children, are still exposed to second-hand smoke in public and work places; these… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Health Experts Want Smoking Cessation at All Levels
Vanguard, 21 May 2012
Irked by rising number of deaths and diseases associated with smoking, health experts have stressed the need for government at all levels to adopt preventive comprehensive health… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Adjust to Healthy Lifestyle
New Times, 20 May 2012
For many years, it was assumed that diseases arising out of people's lifestyles were foreign to most people in Africa. Diabetes and High Blood pressure are some of the ailments… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Smokers Twice Likely to Get Cataract Early - Optometrist
Leadership, 18 April 2012
An ophthalmologist, Dr Francisca Ekwuribe, has said that smoking is a major risk for the development of cataract. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Smoking Menthol Cigarettes Tied to Stroke
Vanguard, 11 April 2012
People who smoke menthol cigarettes are more likely to have a history of stroke than smokers who prefer regular cigarettes, an analysis of federal health survey data indicated. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Where Smokers Are a Menace
Daily News, 7 April 2012
RESPIRATORY infections emanating from tobacco smoking that spans a decade or so is a health hazard in Dodoma Region. Read more »
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Kenya:
New Report Details Tobacco Deaths in Nation
The Star, 1 April 2012
At least three per cent of all deaths of men in Kenya every year is triggered by tobacco use, a new global report shows. The 2012 Tobacco Atlas says this is the most preventable… Read more »
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Africa:
How Big Tobacco Corrupts Science
SACSIS, 23 March 2012
"There are six trillion cigarettes smoked every year worldwide. This is enough to make a continuous chain from the Earth to the Sun and back with enough left over for several round… Read more »
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Africa:
'Tobacco Kills 5.4 Million People Globally Every Year'
This Day, 21 March 2012
The menace of tobacco use across the world came to the fore Tuesday as delegates to the 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) were told that tobacco-related diseases… Read more »
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Uganda:
Anti-Smoking Groups Work On New, Strict Law
Observer, 19 January 2012
The anti-tobacco activist Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA), in conjunction with the Makerere University's School of Public Health, is planning to push for stern… Read more »
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Ghana:
Smoke Worsening Eye Problems of Fishmongers
Public Agenda, 9 March 2012
Besides having the common trait of being specialists in the handling of fish, fishmongers in Biriwa in the Mfantsiman District, Central Region, also have a common characteristic of… Read more »
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Kenya:
Cigarette Smuggling in Country
The Star, 7 March 2012
The Kenya Anti-Counterfeit Agency says cigarettes are rapidly becoming the most illegally traded product in the region, and health experts warn a crisis could be looming Read more »
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Cameroon:
More Young Women Smoke
RNW Africa, 31 January 2012
More and more young Cameroonian women are taking up smoking. But they are usually doing it out of the sight of their parents. Some in Cameroon society regard tobacco consumption as… Read more »
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Kenya:
Tobacco Farmers Turn Up the Heat Against Cigarette Companies
Business Daily, 22 January 2012
John Muheria stares pensively as his friend Paulo dexterously ties dried tobacco leaves in a neat bunch and tosses them to the growing stack at his feet. Read more »
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Liberia:
Investigation - Ban On Public Smoking Not Holding
Heritage, 21 December 2011
A meticulous investigation conducted by the Independent Authoritative Heritage Newspaper has discovered that the ban placed on public smoking by the Liberian government several… Read more »
