Officials say the rules will get tougher over time—File: Photo Wellington: New Zealand’s government has said it is banning tobacco to stop selling it to a new generation, making New Zealand the first country in the world to ban tobacco. According to a report by the news agency Reuters, the New Zealand government’s ban on…
Trends in 2022 showed that roughly one in five adults worldwide uses tobacco, compared to one in three in the year 2000. While cigarette smoking is the most common form of tobacco use worldwide, other products include cigars, waterpipe tobacco also known as hookah, and smokeless tobacco products, all of which are harmful. The “tobacco…
WFP food aid in the country, which was suspended in June, will aim to reach 3.2 million people after the relaunch. ‘Working around the clock’ WFP chief Cindy McCain said that the agency’s teams and partners “have been working around the clock to get to this point.” The UN agency’s new approach will rely on…
Hailing Mauritius and the Netherlands for implementing all of the UN health agency’s MPOWER tobacco control measures – a feat matched to date only by only Brazil and Türkiye – the WHO said that 2.3 billion people in 44 countries remain unprotected by tobacco control measures, exposing them to sickness and the economic burden of…
Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday 31 May, WHO deplored that 3.2 million hectares of fertile land across 124 countries are being used to grow deadly tobacco – even in places where people are starving. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that governments across the world “spend millions supporting tobacco farms”, and that choosing…
Tobacco advertising to be banned in Switzerland According to a news agency from Zurich, the Swiss government says that advertising of tobacco products and e-cigarettes will be banned. The government says the ban is aimed at reducing tobacco use and deaths. The Swiss cabinet will ban tobacco and e-cigarette advertising in public places and in…
