2010 | National Council Against Smoking

September 13, 2010

WHO outlines plans to stop children from starting smoking…

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MEDIA RELEASE 13 September 2010: For immediate release WHO outlines plans to stop children from starting smoking The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published draft guidelines that aim to regulate the use of flavourings in the manufacture of cigarettes, and thus preventing youth from starting to smok Important draft guidelines designed to

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June 7, 2010

SMOKING GIVEN RED CARD AS FIFA KICKS BUTT

Tags:banished smoking, FIFA KICKS BUTT, FIFA Stadium Code of Conduct, FIFA World Cup, health lifestyles, heart attack, non-smoking majority, smoke-free rules, smokeless stadiums, smokeless zones, smoking is prohibited, Soccer stadiums, thoughtless smokers, Tobacco smoke

MEDIA RELEASE: 7 June 2010: For immediate release SMOKING GIVEN RED CARD AS FIFA KICKS BUTT Soccer stadiums are smokeless zones. Spectators attending the feast of football which is the FIFA World Cup will have the added pleasure of watching the soccer in smokeless stadiums as FIFA has banished smoking from the

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Health group loses $5 m Gates Foundation grant: its chair was cigarette company director. The National Council Against Smoking (NCAS) welcomes the decision by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to cut its financial support for tobacco control programmes in Africa because the money was managed by a Canadian health research agency whose chairperson was a director of Canada’s largest cigarette company. “It may seem odd that the NCAS supports the withdrawal of money from tobacco control activities, but there was an important principle involved. Namely, protecting public policies from tobacco industry interference and respecting responsibilities under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), a global tobacco treaty”, says Dr Yussuf Saloojee, executive director of the NCAS

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February 26, 2010

Fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Tags:adult deaths worldwide, control tobacco, death rate, false impression of safety, FCTC, harmful effects of tobacco smoke, indoor workplaces, international treaties, low-tar, national tobacco-control coordinating mechanism, policies requiring tobacco product packaging to carry health warnings, policies to protect citizens from exposure to tobacco smoke pollution, prevent exposure to tobacco smoke pollution, public health history, tobacco use kills 5.4 million people a year, WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

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February 17, 2010

Tobacco taxes – increase not enough

Tags:20 cigarettes costs R93, cigarette tax rate, European Union, Finance Minister, health policy, most effective way to reduce tobacco use, price of tobacco products, promote public health, raise government revenues, Raising taxes, tax incidence, tax on cigarettes increased, tax rates on tobacco products in South Africa, tobacco companies, Tobacco taxes

Tobacco taxes – increase not enough. Same old, same old, policy. Another opportunity to promote public health and raise government revenues squandered. Predictably, the tax on cigarettes increased by a meagre R1,24 per pack in today’s budget. In his first Budget, the Finance Minister has obdurately stuck to a policy which keeps tobacco taxes low and so favours the tobacco companies at the expense of public health and government revenues.

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by National Council Against Smoking