By Bertha Bangara Globally, countries face challenges to finance the ever-strained health budgets to meet challenges of preventing the growing prevalence of most non-communicable diseases (NCDs) […]

By Hana Ross I recently attended three events in Eastern/Central Europe (Bulgaria, Poland and the Czech Republic) and concluded that this region of the world is […]

  By Zunda Chisa The economics of tobacco control is not a very widely known, let alone understood, field on the African continent. The average public […]

By Zunda Chisa The significance of domestic revenue sources has been heightened by the need to find sustainable sources for financing the development agenda. Tobacco taxes […]

By Vanessa Darsamo Every year 7 million people die prematurely from tobacco smoke globally, 13% of which are non-smokers exposed to tobacco smoke (WHO). The constraints […]

By Corne van Walbeek   There is often a perception that academic research is divorced from policy. In many instances that is true, and it is […]

 By Ernest  Ngeh Tingum Chad ratified the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2006. Following the ratification, it enacted tobacco control legislation in 2010, proving […]

By Hana Ross Even among members of the tobacco control community, there is occasionally confusion about what some words refer to in a specific context. I […]

The Framework Convention Alliance recently published a COP/MOP Bulletin, featuring the WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub on Tobacco Taxation & Illicit Trade. The FCA creates and distributes a […]

Four states will vote on whether to raise their tobacco tax in November: California (by $2), Colorado ($1.75), North Dakota ($1.76) and Missouri (15 cents). California […]

On May 31, 2018, the World No Tobacco Day, the WBG team will be launching six Indonesia Tobacco Reports at a day-long seminar organized by the Indonesian […]

The Ghana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) convenient mobile app, the Ghana Tax Stamp Authenticator, helps Ghanaians check the authenticity of the products they buy and consume. Consumers […]