In the past two months we have had a number of interactions with groups in Africa: a training workshop in Ghana, work with ACBF-sponsored think tanks […]

We are pleased to report on our formal collaboration with Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA), and to announce that the African Price Collection Project is back […]

This month nine US politicians wrote to the US Department of Justice demanding that it investigate the London-listed British American Tobacco (BAT) following claims that the […]

We’ve updated the resources section of our website with several 2017 publications by members of the World Bank Group on the issue of tobacco taxation. Click […]

Today, 11 April, the Task Force on Fiscal Policy released its report entitled, “Health Taxes to Save Lives: Employng Effective Excise Taxes n Tobacco, Alcohol and […]

WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub on taxation based at the University of Cape Town, along with the other WHO FCTC Knowledge Hubs have adopted a statement on […]

By Johanna Dollerson (Communications Officer in the Department of Tobacco Control, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease). You can access the original article by clicking here. Don’t forget […]

The June-July period was was a busy month for our Knowledge Hub with Dr. Hana Ross attending five international events over this period. You can read […]

The Knowledge Hub at the University of Cape Town has created a short video explaining the important role of price and tax measures in reducing the […]

The World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) has announced that Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi and Michael R. Bloomberg are set to participate in […]

“The murky world of illicit trade is not terra incognita for the world’s biggest tobacco companies. Taking what they say on the issue at face value […]

Tobacco and Heart Disease is the theme for today’s World No Tobacco Day. Although most people regard cancer as the disease commonly associated with tobacco use, […]