Kenya: Parliament urged to uphold proposed taxes on nicotine… SpyDa May 22, 2022 National Assembly Finance and Planning Committee has been asked to either uphold or increase the proposed taxes…
Reject Tobacco ‘Giant’ Philip Morris’ COVID-19 Vaccine… SpyDa Apr 29, 2022 The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) has called on the government of Ghana through the Ministry of Health…
Social Justice in Public Health SpyDa Feb 22, 2022 February 20th is World Day of Social Justice. The UN General Assembly recognizes that “social development and…
Tobacco is an Economic and Public Health Threat – VALD SpyDa Jan 21, 2022 “The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the…
Benefits of Tobacco Taxation Reforms to National Development SpyDa Nov 27, 2021 Besides the negative public health and human capital impacts, the hiking dangers of tobacco-related…
Tobacco industry interfering in Nigerian govt policies… SpyDa Oct 28, 2021 The enforcement of the National Tobacco Control Act 2019 and the National Tobacco Control Regulations 2019 may be…
VALD launches 2021 Ghana Tobacco Industry Interference… SpyDa Oct 7, 2021 Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) - a non-governmental organization with special focus on advocating…
How BAT Conducted Potentially Illegal Activity to undermine… SpyDa Sep 14, 2021 Two new analyses of whistleblower documents and court records by the Tobacco Control Research Group at the…
How Ghana is Addressing Illegal Tobacco Trading SpyDa Sep 9, 2021 The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has outlined measures it is taking to address illicit…
We must provide tobacco users the help they need to quit SpyDa May 31, 2021 The 2021 edition of World No Tobacco Day makes a special request to smokers; “Commit to Quit”. This message is…
WNTD 2021: Tobacco has NO benefits except to destroy “Commit… SpyDa May 30, 2021 31st of May of every year serves as a global opportunity for countries to deepen awareness on the harmful and…