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What is Philip Morris’s “Unsmoke” campaign? On 08 April 2019, Philip Morris International (PMI) launched “The Year of Unsmoke”— a call for action to “smokers, nonsmokers, […]
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15 August 2019 Source: World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement calling upon governments to enforce their obligation under the WHO Framework Convention […]
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The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)1 was negotiated under WHO Constitutional mandate,2 becoming the first modern framework convention with specific public health objectives, but […]
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On 28 May 2019, Ugandan court junked a suit filed by British American Tobacco to challenge the constitutionality of Uganda’s Tobacco Control Act which came into force in […]
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20 June 2019 A city that is home to famous celebrities and known for luxury hotels and shopping has announced an end date for tobacco sales. […]
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On 21 May 2019, the Brazilian government filed a lawsuit against two major tobacco companies to recover healthcare costs due to top 26 diseases scientifically proven to be […]
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20 June 2019 The Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC), in partnership with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) Secretariat […]